although trump has criticized obama's north korea policies he has yet to distinguishes. trumps policy of maximum pressure to date has been anything but. he continues to pull american punches against north korean and chinese violations of u.s. law. the trump administration pressed frustration and took actions against a bank. there are indications there'll be sanctions additional chinese violators, hope that is the case. we have to highlight having condemned the crimes against humanity. advocacy for human rights must be a component of u.s. policy. americans were rightly appalled by the death of otto, we must not lose sight of the brutal reprehensible human rights violations that the regime imposes on its own citizens which the un assessed constituted crimes against humanity. in july of 2016 they put sanctions on a handful of entities but since then no action. in conclusion, the most sensible is to increase pressure while ensuring the u.s. is sufficient defenses for itself and allies and leaving the door open to diplomatic efforts. at present any offer of economic inducement

north korea does not want to they wante idea that to have one korea, and that has never stopped. become somehow, they can a one country if they have a peace treaty. then they can work things out together in a peaceful manner between the north koreans, and the south koreans. if the u.s. backs off -- i'm not saying we leave completely because we do have a treaty, but we have the nuclear capability to wipe out north korea any time we are threatened by north korea the same way that we were threatened by russia. we have the capability of destroying each other. host: speaking of russia and china, the associated press reporting russia and china yesterday proposed a plan for diffusing tensions over north korea, suggesting that pyongyang declare a moratorium on nuclear missile tests while the u.s. and south korea main -- abstain from large-scale military tests, some of which took place after that launch. saidhinese and russians that the confronting parties involved should sit down to toks agreeing the refusal use force and making the korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons. north's sensib

writing, quote, north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. this as trump delivers a promise to veterans gathered at the white house for independence day. >> i will always have you back. i will always under all circumstances. >> reporter: and this developing situation with north korea comes on the heels of the death of american student otto warmbier who was i am prisoned by the north koreans for more than a year. this is also a stark reminder of president obama's warning for president trump when they met just before he was inaugurated that north korea will be among his biggest chaelz. brianna? he >> brian nobles at the white house. you may recognize him as the former pentagon and spokesperson frrt obama administration. admiral, whenever we see an action by north korea, it's taken very seriously. this, though, is a different

you can do business with us or you can do business with north korea, but you cannot do business with both. the penalties are escalating, allowing foreign firms the chance to change course and stop working with the north korean regime. this model is patterned after the iran sanctions legislation which we both supported, which passed in 2010 and 2012, which were critical in getting iran to the nuclear negotiating table. we believe the secondary sanctions will show the united states is serious about cracking down on those who refuse to stop doing business with north korea. the sanctions will force governments and the private sector to ensure they are conducting enhanced due diligence, to make sure north korea is not part of their economic relations. we will authorize the president to also sanction foreign government that are evading international sanctions on north korea, and we seek to terminate the connections between north korea and its financial system by authorizing sanctions for entities that provide financial message services to north korea. our sanctions are part of a broader cam

japan will never accept a nuclear armed north korea. north korean official media has announced that they carried out the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile, it reached the altitude of more than 2500 kilometers, flew for about 40 minutes, and landed within the japanese his own. approximately 300 kilometers off the peninsula. a number of japanese fishing vessels were out in the sea at the time of the launch. this shows how dangerous and irresponsible this act by north korea was. if it had not been such a launch the messiah would have flown for more than 5500 kilometers and could have reached many other member states. this provocation of north korea upon international efforts force a peaceful resolution and present enormous global threats. as north korea claims that they are capable of hitting any part of the world, there threat has literally become global. this most recent provocation made it more evident that it is not right for dialogue with north korea at this moment. there is no other choice left for us now, then to work

make no mistake, north korea's launch of an icbm is a clear and sharp military escalation. the north korean regime openly states dismissals are intended to deliver nuclear weapons destroyed cities in the united states, south korea and japan and now it has greater capacity to do so. in truthit is not only the united states and our allies that are . north korea's destabilizing escalation is a threat to all nations in the region and beyond. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our molten capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. our capabilities lies without considerable military forces. we will use them if we must but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. we have other methods of addressing those who threaten us and of addressing those who supply threats. we have great capabilities in thearea of trade , president trump has spoken repeatedly about this. i spoke with him at length about this morning. there are countries that are allowing, even encouraging trade with

and that means taking account of north korea's strategy. during the cold war, kim ilson played china after. in 1998 he reached out to improve relations with the united states, south korea and japan in order to avoid overdependence on china. that has been the kims' objective ever since. that aim was the basis of the 1994 agreed framework and the september 2005 six-party joint statement. for washington, obviously, suspension of pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs was the point of those agreements, which succeeded for a time in shuttering the north's production of fissile material and stopping the test launches of medium and longer range missiles. both agreements collapsed, however, when washington did legal to implement its commitment to improve relations, and of course, pyongyang reneged on denuclearization. that past is prologue. now there are indications that a suspension of north korean missile and nuclear testing and fissile material production may again prove negotiable. in return for a suspension of its production, the training wit

north korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. u.s. officials now concede that thece north koreans may have changed the entire dynamic with his launch. while the u.s. intelligence community is not sure how far the communist north is in its effort to miniaturize a nuclear weapon to put on a missile, they now say the test firing last night might have been able to reach alaska. reports from the region suggest it was launched from a mobile launcher, providing yet another challengehe for the u.s. correspondent kevin corke has the breaking details and reaction tonight from the white house. good evening. >> happy independence day to you. you are right. a dramatic day at the white house. senior trump administration officials seem to be considering their options in dealing with north korea in response to that provocation. this is very interesting, when you consider the administration has long talked about what it might do should north korea finally be able to reach u.s. oil. of course, they are looking for a true response to the latest provocati

here at the white house visiting with trump last week and both leaders vowed to make dealing with north korea a top priority in washington cmon dollars r e o r t. russia's defy the envoy to the un cold on the united states and south korea to hold military drills while the security council works on a solution. we call upon the d.p. r. k. as a voluntary political decision to declare a moratorium on the testing of nuclear explosive devices and the testing of ballistic missiles though the us and the korean republic should refrain from conducting full scale joint training exercises in parallel there could be talks held where general principles for relations would be affirmed including the non use of force not using aggression and sharing peaceful coexistence as well as efforts for the denuclearization of the d.p. r. k. meanwhile russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov has warned against attempts to bring about regime change in north korea are t.s.k. partridge has more tonight all of this press conference is to do with the escalation of the situation over the sea of japan so i got after all pointed

, but given north korea behavior, ais is where he recognizes threat to his own country and the threatamerican forces. host: what does the north korean leader want? guest: the north korean leader, unusual regime, the only dynastic system that has ever existed in the marxist-leninist world. whoucceeded his father, succeeded his father, so it has been a kim dynasty from its origins. he wants is subject to a lot of questions because north korea remains on the whole a very isolated from the outside world, except for some economic relations with china and others. indeed, it is my own belief that he tries to keep it that way because if the outside world were permitted in in terms of ideas, information, technology, significant foreign presence, these would represent remarkable dangers to this very idiosyncratic regime, which has a manufactured history for its entire existence, which now approaches 70 years, so the ung-un ise with kim jon he has greatly accelerated the missile development programs in the north in the last 2-3 years, and to be frank it has in a surprise to me and other speciali

twenty like north korea. at the un today as we were hearing the american ambassador had some tough words as the world body mass in new york to discuss the next steps in dealing with the regime. a correspondent ned a taffy because at the you and i spoke to her idea. any agreement that the world body on the best way to respond to north korea's aggression. well we had a clear divide really you had the u. s. along with western partners in japan. alleged by nikki haley saying that there needed to be tough you tougher measures against north korea so nikki haley said that the kind of clear and sharp. military escalation from north korea meant a diplomatic possibility was really. closing in on site and so she said that the united states would use military force if necessary to protect its allies. she said the us would cut off trade with those who do business with north korea in violation of un u. s. resolution un resolutions. up but on the other side you had the russian and chinese who said for example russia said it

this as tension with north korea escalates significantly. the u.s. now conducting joint military drills with south korea in the wake of north korea's successful test of a new long-range missile, one not seen before. >> and in a few hours president trump will meet with russia's president vladimir putin face-to-face. one thing that will not come up, at least according to the white house, russian election meddling. thank you so much for being with us, sir. i want to get your reaction to the ominous testing of the missile. the statement are the president about china. is this the right response from white house? >> i think that the president has been operating too much out of tweets and not out of long-term planning. he's starting to realize that being the president of the united states, it's complicated. north korea, yes, they met a milestone and something we would never want to see. earlier he said it's not going to happen. it did happen. mr. president, now what's the plan. >> what concrete actions have you seen from white house that you disagree with or

that's according to the state news agency there in north korea. secretary of state rex tillerson first declared in march, after visiting the demilitarization zone between north and south korea that the era of patient is over, however since then north korea has launched several tests, culminating in the icbm launch yesterday, and allowing other u.s. allies to acquire defensive weapons is on the table, but the preference for the u.s. according to the state department is to resolve this diplomatically, continue this international push to isolate north korea, but thus far that has proven to be difficult. john? >> john: thanks, rich. any military response against north korea is risky, because the communist regime could strike back at america's close ally, south korea. analysts told "the new york times" north korea has lined up thousands of cannons and rocket launchers on its side of the demilitarized zone. south korea and the underput on a statement on the north's test, which reads in part, self-restraint, which is a choice, is all that separates armist

japan will never accept a nuclear-armed north korea. the north korean official media has announced that they successfully carried out the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. that missile reached an altitude of more than 2,500 kilometers, flew for about 40 minutes, and landed within the japanese economic zone. approximately 300 kilometers of the peninsula. a number of japanese fishing vessels were out in the sea at the time of the launch. this shows how dangerous and irresponsible this act by north korea was. if it hadn't been such a lofty launch, the missile would've flown for more than 5,500 kilometers, and could have reached many other member states' soil. these provocations by north korea trample upon international efforts towards a peaceful resolution of nuclear and missile issues and present enormous global threats. as north korea claims they are capable of hitting any part of the world, the threats have literally become global. this most recent provocation made it even more evident that conditions are not right for dia

may threaten north korea. thank you to you andrew stevens in hong kong. we'll get back to you after this announcement. thanks so much. >>> no doubt of course president trump is going to be raising the issue of north korea as we meet with the g 20 leaders later this week in germany. administrative sources say don't expect him to talk with vladimir putin about russia's attack on the u.s. election. in the meantime, mr. trump is waging his own war on journalist in the u.s. sarah murry with that. >> reporter: days before a meeting with world leaders president trump is turning hid attention to bashing the media. trump taking to twitter over the weekend to post a video showing him pummelling a cnn logo. and using his speech to allow veterans to launch attack. >> the fake media is trying to silence us but we will not let them. because, the people know the truth. the fake media tried to stop us from going to the white house, but i'm president and they're not. >> reporter: trump continued to air his grievances today on

make no mistake, north korea's launch of an icbm is a clear and sharp military escalation. the north korean regime openly states that its missiles are intended to deliver nuclear weapons to strike cities in the united states, south korea, and japan. and now, it has greater capacity to do so. in truth, it is not only the united states and our allies that are threatened. north korea's destabilizing escalation is a threat to all nations in the region and beyond. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility of a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. one of our capabilities lies with our considerable military forces. we will use them if we must. but we prefer not to have to go in that direction. we have other methods of addressing those who threaten us and of addressing those who supply the threats. we have great capabilities in the area of trade. president trump has spoken repeatedly about this. i spoke with him at length about it this morning. there are countries that are allowin

japan will never accept a nuclear-armed north korea. the north korean official media has announced that they successfully carried out the launch of an interconnect metal -- intercontinental ballistic missile. that missile reached an altitude kilometers, 2,500 flew for about 40 minutes, and landed within the japanese economic zone. approximately 300 kilometers of the peninsula. a number of japanese fishing vessels were out in the sea at the time of the launch. and shows how dangerous irresponsible this act by north korea was. if it hadn't been such a lofty launch, the missile would've flown for more than 5,500 kilometers, and could have reached many other member states' soil. these provocations by north korea trample upon international efforts towards a peaceful resolution of nuclear and missile issues and present enormous global threats. as north korea claims they are capable of hitting any part of the world, the threats have literally become global. this most recent provocation thatit even more evident conditions are not right for. like

good evening friends we start tonight with tensions on the edge on the korean peninsula on tuesday north korea successfully tested another intercontinental ballistic missile it landed in japanese quarter waters after reaching an altitude of almost two thousand miles in response the united states and south korea conducted full military exercises of their own the u.n. security council held an emergency session this afternoon at the request of japan and south korea r.t.c. mon del rosario as further details from the white house tensions between north korea and the united states have reached a tipping point as north korea tests an intercontinental ballistic missile that theoretically has the potential to reach the united states before president onil trump took office in january he tweeted that this event would not happen now that it has tweeted this about north korean leader kim jong il saying does this guy have anything better to do with his life hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. the u.s. army and south korea's military carried out a joint military drill

it was launched from an airfield here in western north korea, and it was aimed at a steep angle, and ltitude of about 1,700 miles it's claimed, thought to be the highest any north korean missile has got to. it then landed 37 minutes later more than 500 miles away, somewhere the sea towards japan. the key point is that if this missile were fired at a more shallow angle it might have the power to reach potentially more than 3,400 miles, the minimum defined range for an intercontinental ballistic missile. and, if so, that could mean reaching as far as alaska on the mainland of the united states. the pressure being applied internationally is having very little effect on changing the tactics of the regime towards these developments. it's also significant as well because it has been reported that it is an intercontinental ballistic missile which means north korea are making tangible steps towards being able to target the us. experts said it was still not clear if north korea had the technology needed to protect a warhead on re—entry and guide it to its target, but if north korean missiles c

an economic survival for north korea. something like 90% of north korean trade is with china. it does give you an idea of how powerful china could be. china will tell you and quite rightly that it is implementing all of the sanctions on north korea and is a signatory to the u.n. sanctions against the country. it says that's the way forward is pushing for dialogue. we've just heard from the ministry of foreign affairs just in the last half hour or so. they note the reports, they're still gathering information. certainly this stage, you can't detect a change of tone from china, from the foreign affairs. we've stated our position many times. china opposes the launch of this missile m. it urges north korea to stop action that's breach the united nations security council resolutions, et cetera, et cetera. we've heard all that before. interestingly, given the fact that we've got the g-20 coming up next week with all the key players, virtually all the key players involved, that may be the time for china to start pushing for more

and south korea followed up on north korea's missile tests with missile tests of its own feeling yank claims to have launched an intercontinental ballistic missile today a fourth of july gift to the trump administration that's in south korea's president who was just in d.c. last week from poe's responding with a joint military drill artists modellers sario is at the white house with the latest reactions from the president tensions between north korea and the united states have reached a tipping point as north korea tests an intercontinental ballistic missile but theoretically has the potential to reach the united states before president onil trump took office in january he tweeted that this event would not happen now that it has trump tweeted this about north korean leader kim jong un saying this guy have anything better to do with his life hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. the u.s. army in south korea's military carried out a joint military drill wednesday in response to pyongyang launching tactical missiles into the waters off the east coa

now he's saying if north korea crosses the red line, south korea and the u.s. we don't have an official indication of what that red line is. certainly a potential icbm, if it turns out that it was that, is significant. dave? >> live in seoul. thank you. >>> the latest provocation from north korea coming ahead of president trump's second overseas trip. he departs for europe tomorrow for the g-20 summit. the president's meeting with vladimir putin may no longer be the main attraction. cnn's nic robertson live from abu dhabi for us. meetings between the president and several asian leaders now very much under the microscope. >> reporter: absolutely. president trump already planned to have a trilateral meeting with the south koreans and the japanese on the margins of the g-20ment sharper focus now -- of the g-20. sharper focus now. what is he going to say to xi jinping of china to get his support? he talks about hoping a move on north korea to sort this out. the reality is, you know, president trump and xi jinping, their relationship has tanked over the last few day

you know, north korea does not want to give up the idea that they want to have one korea. at has never stopped. i think somehow they can become a one country if they have a peace treaty, then they can work things out together in a peaceful manner between the north koreans and south koreans. if the u.s. backs off, i am not saying we leave completely because we do have a treaty, but we have a nuclear could ability to wipe out north korea anytime that we want, if we are threatened by north korea, the same way if we were threatened by russia, we have the capability of destroying each other. host: i see your point. speaking of russia and china, the associate appraiser reporting that russia and china yesterday proposed a plan for defusing tensions over north moratoriumesting a on nuclear missile tests, while the u.s. and south korea refrain from large-scale exercises. some of those exercises took place after the launch yesterday. the russians and chinese said they are confronting the parties, to sit down to talk about the refusal to use force and a pledge to make the peninsula fr

north korea. >> so that meeting between putin and president xi ahead of this meeting, this formal sitdown between president trump and vladimir putin and we're told that mcmasters says there's no specific agenda from president trump. it's whatever the president wants to talk about. what's the danger in no specific agenda and what's the likelihood of putin not having an agenda ahead of this meeting? >> absolutely no likelihood whatsoever. putin has his agenda. he's had his agenda all along. most analysts believe that president putin is very smart tactically. not as successful strategically and therefore, you know, mistakes have been made. most particularly this interference in the united states election that has backfired against moscow. however, it is still a major big deal because it's still a huge political story inside the united states and here i am sitting in europe and this g-20 summit is happening in europe, in germany over the next couple of days and the threat of russia and its expansionis

the possible damage to china, north korea and south korea. the idea that the american president would launch a strike of some form on north korea that would provoke a wider war would be very, very dangerous. >> the fallout would be felt by china. which is why it's resisting regime change. >> well, i think there are different ideas about what china may be thinking about. the amount of pressure on china has increased since president trump took office. and thing is also a great deal of irritation that there are larger questions for china, and the united states in that region than north korean military sort of nuclear weapons. and i think they're getting irritated with china there are voices within that country which suggests, well, maybe the best thing to do is actually to change the regime by china's behest in order to get a friendly government there and in order to maintain the division of that country. >> just to explain the apprehension in china about getting too involved with north korea. because they don't want a nuclearized north korea do

north korea leader kim jong-un. "does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all." the president prodding china to do more to confront north korea, coming one day after a phone call with chinese president xi jinping. the white house saying in a statement that president trump raised the growing threat of north korea's weapons program. the chinese offering a more critical take. noting that the u.s./chinese relationship is being affected by some negative factors. president trump issuing this stern warning on friday, after meeting with the president of south korea. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. frankly, that patience is over. >> reporter: national security adviser h.r. mcmaster confirmed publicly that the u.s. has updated its military options against pyongyang. >> we can't repeat the same approach, failed

north korea has just launched another missile. this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. and then your piece for "the washington post" is entitled, "how president trump could tweet his way into a nuclear war with north korea." so how are north korean officia officials interpreting the president's tweet. >> north korea is an incredibly complicated challenge and problem that has troubled numerous administrations and one that requires a sophisticated strategy in order to figure out how to address it. that simply is not going to be able to be captured in 140 characters. twitter is not the appropriate place to be talking about our north korean strategy. my concern is that, in fact, president trump doesn't actually understand that he is signaling things to both our allies and our adversaries that could lead to real miscalculation and whether it comes to deterrin

"north korea has just launched another missile. does this guy have anything better to do with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all!" the tweets, the latest iteration of the president's threadbare tolerance of kim jong-un's dangerous chicanery which poses not only a threat to u.s. interests abroad but now apparently even here on the homeland. >> the era of strategic patience is -- has failed. many years and it's failed. frankly, that patients is over. >> despite the emphasis, the reliance on china has produced precious little. >> i do like president xi. i wish we would have more help with respect to north korea but it doesn't seem to be working out. >> that hasn't stopped beijing and moscow from working to de-escalate tensions between washington and pyongyang. the foreign ministries issued a statement saying russia and china will work in close coordination to advance a solution to the complex pr

how big of a leap forward is this for north korea? troublesome development, troubling in that although it's long been north koread indeed said earlier this year they test by later this year, it is a step forward. a y have had a icbm from fixed launch site, what they has rangeha, and that that could hit all the continental u.s., that is easily and easily targeted, if necessary. vehicle rom a mobile that makes it harder it identify and if necessary track and a conflict.g so the missile was flown at an trajectory, it wouldn't fly over japan and reentry to test a vehicle to protect a warhead during an actual flight. to normal been flown rajectory, it could hit 6700 kilometers, all the way to alaska, and that is likely not maximum range. host: you wrote in may/june issue of foreign affairs, the greatest nuclear emergency since cuban missile for the t is past time united states to act decisively. in the wake of this week's test, that now mean? guest: some advocate preventative military strike in sense of preventing north korea from completin

north korea will want to remind -- north korea will want to remind -- north korea will want to remind in any discussions of security in northeast asia. they have a way of making the presence —— their presence felt at those tables. what, therefore, would you expect international reaction to beat, i'm particularly talking about washington, what stance, what response might you expect now? washington are gradually coming to realise, president trump coming to realise, president trump coming to realise that his options are incredibly limited. the old adage, if it had been that easy, it would have been thought of some time ago. resident from had invested a lot of hopein resident from had invested a lot of hope in china, and president trump is gradually realising that you may not be able to count on china for that much help and concrete poured in reining in north korea, as he would like them to be reined in. —— that much help —— may not be able to count on china for that much help and concrete support in reining in north korea. the youngest victim was just eight yea rs the youngest victim was

china is north korea's closest and main trading partner. and trump wants china to apply more economic pressure on kim jong-un. china says it has implemented u.n. sanctions including blocking coal exports from north cee k korea which cuts off a key source of hard currency for the kim regime. the u.s. says that's not enough. and the bromance has been turning sour. president xi this week complaining of, quote, negative factors which are complicating the u.s.-china relationship. china is dismayed with a recent u.s. arms deal with taiwan, u.s. sanctions on a chinese bank with alleged ties to north korea and the u.s. navy sailing through disputed waters in the south china sea claimed by china as its own. >> so we're almost in the end of the honeymoon. so they're doing things that now are getting under china's skin. so it's a combined sort of now we like you, but on the other hand now we're going to press you. and as if to say we can manipulate china into behaving the way we want to. i don't think that works too well. >> that is not the way to play

japan will never accept a nuclear armed north korea. north korean official media has announced that they carried out the launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile, it reached the altitude of more than 2500 kilometers, flew for about 40 minutes, and landed within the japanese his own. approximately 300 kilometers off the peninsula. a number of japanese fishing vessels were out in the sea at the time of the launch. this shows how dangerous and irresponsible this act by north korea was. if it had not been such a launch the messiah would have flown for more than 5500 kilometers and could have reached many other member states. this provocation of north korea upon international efforts force a peaceful resolution and present enormous global threats. as north korea claims that they are capable of hitting any part of the world, there threat has literally become global. this most recent provocation made it more evident that it is not right for dialogue with north korea at this moment. there is no other choice left for us now, then to work

if the entrance to dialogue with north korea is a freeze of north korea's nuclear and missile tests, believe the exit or eventual goal would be the complete dismantlement of north korea's nuclear program. and i believe that beginning from the freeze of nuclear missiles and capabilities all the way to the complete dismantlement, i believe we can take measures on a step-by-step basis. and each step must be completely verified. regarding this issue, we will continue to closely coordinate with the american government. john: the last question is going to be scott kennedy. >> thank you so much for being here and for your remarks. i wanted to ask a question about china-south korea relations. china has been consistently opposed to the installation in -- installation of thaad in south korea. they took actions to show their displeasure. how do you plan to address the current difficulties with your relationship with china? interpreter: [speaking korean] pres. moon: the biggest pressing issue currently in korea-china bilateral relations is china's strong opposition to thaad deployment, and china

north korea has to stand down and south korea and the u.s. has to stand down. >> the u.s. has been taking a tougher line on china. but president trump is surround by bad options in all of the hot spots of the world. he has to be a statesman. this is one of the problems. it's tough to be leader of the free world and king of the trolls at the same time. he has to deal with the reality that what he's dealing with is responsibility across the board. that's not his natural mode. >> appreciate it. we're going to get more grist for the mill in the next hour, when the president delivers his prepared remarks. okay? we'll play that for you live. an then, we'll understand much better where the president's head and heart are going into these meetings. there's no question, he said in the press conference, he believes that what north korea is doing could get dangerous quickly. but he was vague. what does that mean, realistically? we know what they did. what can be done to them, next? the lincoln summer invitation is on. it's time for a getaway. now get our best offers of the season. on

sanctions against north korea are not legal you know this you know the pickle characterization of north korea and kim jong un in the united states is that it is a out of control rogue nation run by a crazed dictator who routinely starves as own people runs his little potemkin villages that look like they're actually functional stores and businesses and things when in fact it's all you know it's just this giant military bizarre hero worship cult and and and therefore these crazy people should not be allowed to have nuclear weapons i mean that's that's my understanding of essential of the argument that probably the average person on the street in the united states would make and they might react to the things that you're saying by saying wait a minute are you showing for north korea i mean to this sounds like they're not bet on reasonable how do they how do you reconcile these two visions essentially of the state. well i think what i would say to people who characterized north korea as being belligerent because it continues to fire off you know ballistic missiles is by asking you know let

look at north korea.ing, the president of the united states, in a way that seems a fair reading of it to suggest that he's done trying to work with china on north korea. what do you do with something like that as you enter the g-20? >> well, chris, that's a really good question because remember just a few months ago shortly after the inauguration, one of the center pieces, one of the first things president trump did was meet with president xi and afterwards was very sort of flattering, they were both sort of flattering each oh and president trump believed that xi would be the key to north korea and the denuclearization. since that has not happened you've seen the rhetoric and the action between the two countries develop, get harsher, and more belligerent and not only that, you've seen president xi and president putin ahead of trump's visit get together in moscow as they did yesterday and put out their own north korea solution, and that was to the detriment of the united states policy, basically saying nor

. >> shannon: what do you make of north korea's timing? we know they often like to do these tests and launches on our u.s. holidays. even referencing the administration, the north korean administration, our independence day. it happened right before these important meetings with the president. >> yeah. we know that one of the things kim jong-un, like his father and grandfather before him, likes to do is get attention. he was certain this would get attention. he, himself, is quoted in north korea's state media saying that this was times two the july fourth independence day celebrations here in the united states. he wants to send a message. it's a pretty significant message to send. >> shannon: we have this talk that russia and china, we know their leaders have been meeting. they're proposing sort of an idea where north korea stops these tests. the nuclear launches, the nuclear test, the launch tests. and south korea and the u.s. stop working together on these military exercises that they have. that's kind of the resolution they're floating o

is doing what it's doing north korea is a country with a security issue and when you have south korea south of you plus japan just across the water and the united states saber rattling constantly at you well you're going to be afraid and you're going to be able to show whatever little bit of might you have just to be able to sort of balance that power so what china is saying is that the approach from the united states and its allies has to be a little bit different you can't continue this way negotiations are key china wants to work with the united states to sit down at the table again with north korea trying to was the one that facilitated this in the past and they wanted to try to do it again they're saying these saber rattling especially when you see these exercises the bombers flying over south korea now japanese south korean and american planes you know just basically showing off of every time that north korea does something that this does not help the situation at all trying to think the unilateral sanctions against north korea by the united states are not helpful china sa

north korea says it has successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. u.s. ficials now concede that thece north koreans may have changed the entire dynamic with his launch. while the u.s. intelligence community is not sure how far the communist north is in its effort to miniaturize a nuclear weapon to put on a missile, they now say the test firing last night might have been able to reach alaska. reports from the region suggest it was launched from a mobile launcher, providing yet another challengehe for the u.s. correspondent kevin corke has the breaking details and reaction tonight from the white house. good evening. >> happy independence day to you. you are right. a dramatic day at the white house. senior trump administration officials seem to be considering their options in dealing with north korea in response to that provocation. this is very interesting, when you consider the administration has long talked about what it might do should north korea finally be able to reach u.s. oil. of course, they are looking for a true response to the latest provocation

"north korea has just launched another missile. with his life? hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"" >> that sort of gets to the question charles mentioned. japan and south korea really can't do anything. i ask these questions. i don't know what the answer is but i go back to something richard haas said a long time ago. there is no self-correcting mechanism in international relations. in case of policy, strategic patience is over. has it been replaced with inpatients? tactical patients? or is it just twitter taunts from the president? the point that china was not going to be able to do anything, i'm a little concerned with the fact that we have our inspections closed off to our nuclear safety and security measures. they are keeping them quiet now. you wonder what we can do, that's proportional, cyber attacks or whatever. what will get a response because it's a u.s. problem. this is something the unite

whereas look at where the north korea's nuclear program. really is as dangerous as the media seems to make it out to be north korea claims it has a number of nuclear warheads estimated to be ten but pyongyang doesn't yet have any missiles capable of sending a warhead over a launch distance the furthest they've landed a test missile is nine hundred thirty kilometers which falls well short of reaching the u.s. this all means that in effect north korea has no active strategic nuclear forces investigative journalist tim shahrukh believes the media is scaremongering the united states public has been has been subject to a massive propaganda campaign war is you know coming tomorrow to korea the idea that somehow north korea is more of a danger though you know comes from this propaganda that north korea's aiming is building weapons in an offensive way and this is trying wants to attack the united states and then north korea's developments of weapons or aimed right at the rate at all our cities and they are ready at any moment to attack us there is

ambassador, nikki haley, sent a stern warning to north korea. >> the nature of the north korea regime is clear. only the scale of the damage it does could become different. that's why yesterday's escalation is so alarming. the north korean regime openly states that its missiles are intended to deliver nuclear weapons to strike cities in the united states, south korea and japan. and now it has greater capacity to do so. >> i want to bring in pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, how concerned are u.s. officials about this new missile? >> reporter: look, pamela, it may have been just a test by the north korea regime, but new information tonight about the threat it could pose to all of us. duly, north korean videos. first north korea showing the world its new intercontinental ballistic missile. then hours later, a u.s. and south korean show of force, holding a drill, firing missiles that could destroy north korean targets. the pentagon warning even the test of the north korean missile poses new dangers. >> this missile flew through busy air space used by commercial airliners, it

we don't need it to deter or necessarily destroy in north korea. number two, if the north korean aim and in the longer term said to weaken our alliances ask why would we not trust japan or the puke lar umbrella and it goes against the tool with great allowance ask solidarity. can go in -- they've been living alongside japan and korea for a lot longer than we have. they're not going to listen to us. what they're going to hear is u.s.-japan alliance is really in trouble because the americans are talking about japan going nuclear or the u.s.-korea lines are really in trouble. that's the signal we'd send. so, yeah. now, if there's doubt about the credibility of our extended because we are now under threat, then as admiral mullen put very well, we need to deepen the dialogue and think how we restore a greater measure of credibility, but that's a far different thing, i think. >> just add one more point, mike. the -- a nuclear attack on either the republic of japan would kill lots of americans so an icbm reaching los angeles would kill more americans, but

north korea's economy. anything to do with trade has to do with china. >> i found it very telling that secretary tillerson used words anybody who is aiding and abetting the north korea regime, whether that means hosting guest workers, some means through which they have an economic benefit, i thought he was very clear and probably hinting toward the use of applying secondary sanctions. but majority of that would be china. there are some other countries, maybe other countries in the middle east, in africa, other parts of asia. but vast majority would be in a position on china. >> and scott, we know that president trump talked to the president of egypt today. my first thought is what does egypt have anything to do with north korea. is there some value in building an international coalition so that the threat of military or economic force has more teeth? >> there is value in building a coalition. one of the things that needs to be done is that north korea needs to be a economically isolated this in order to tur

we recognize that north korea is a big danger to global peace. is that they continue their nuclear weapons program and we have to find how to uphold the pressure on the north korean regime. president moon says the crisis should be resolved in a peaceful way. the attacker who bombed and ariana grande concert in the --. in the spring was now not part of a large network, but other people involved in the crime may still be in large. that is according to police, who more arrests may be made. some of the mehdi -- psalm and -- psalm in a betty -- the attacker detonated a bomb, killing 20 people and himself. those authorities said today day -- belgian authorities said today that they are looking for suspect in a terror related offense, but an investigation was not willing to pass on attacks in paris and brussels. the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement that two belgians were charged with taking part in the activities of a terrorist group. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countrie

so north korea is keen to separate the us from south korea. place on the korean peninsula, what chance of the korean peninsula, what chance of the escalating all of this?” the korean peninsula, what chance of the escalating all of this? i think there's very little chance of the escalating, because everything is falling into place how the north koreans wanted. we've got a confident china and i'm not at all convinced that china doesn't want to see north korea dominate the peninsular. we've got an american president who is clearly out of his depth. the more north korea's arsenal develops the more friction we will have between south korea and the us. we've already seen the south koreans do not want to install a missile defence system here because they are afraid of the negative economic repercussions from china and the current administration in seoul desperately wants to revert to some way of appeasing north korea. the current administration, these are former student radicals who really wa nt are former student radicals who really want to get the