, they were related, same family line and sailor ripley was this amazing woman that lived here. she was a scholar, a mother, wonderful anecdotes talk about her where she would be rocking a cradle with 1 foot and reading a book in sanskrit with the other. her friendship was an important thing, and share that intellectually with writing and reading and learning, a book like this described by emerson is one of the many we have in the collection and many have little notes, people who live here have take a little notes when they have gone through 2 different individuals. people who touched and used through history. and looking at the view, from these windows in this room during the revolutionary period emerson's family looked out and saw the commotion at the northbridge, the shot heard around the world. they are standing here looking out the window, witnessing the start of what would be a major event for our nation. william emerson stayed at this house for five years, it was built in 1770s, he and his wife moved in for a few years, he eventually went to fort ticonderoga and got ill t

dillon ripley with queen elizabeth. he loved regalia. >> he brought a little that is due to the job. he left a huge imprint. much of what you see today came from him. he had all kinds of things he credited. the libraries themselves came from him. he was quite a visionary. he was what and when was the air? -->> he was what and when was he here? >> he was the eighth secretary. he was a long serving secretary who made a lot of changes. and also created this maze, another simple. smithson,from james this from the smithson cold of forms on the silver down here. -- code orf arms. themedallion represents james -- the cities of smithson, bath, england where we think he was born, paris, and washington, d.c. > the symbolism almost incorporated in the novel but it was created for that very purpose. it fascinated me, all of the symbolism. >> and incorporated a piece of smithsonite. academic carried in processions and when we and docked the new secretary -- indexed the new secretary -- induct the secretary. it is supposed to preside

in 1968, dillon ripley said let's create the smithsonian libraries. they created 22 and the books were put into the libraries. every museum on that mall out there has a library, some more than they are the heart of the one. building where all of the information is in the library. that is where you go to find out whatever you need and that is why the libraries were created in and they have been there ever 1968 since. it all started with the fire. everything emanated. the smithsonian altered itself. it took about six years to rebuild the building and went on from there. >> you mentioned henry, what were his years? >> he was the first and the longest serving from 1846 until 1878. he actually died in this building. he and his family lived and the east wing from 1855 until 1878. >> he left a mark and created what eventually became what we have and moved on from there. the smithsonian was suspicious to a lot of people and took almost 11 years. >> a lot congressmen and senators were against accepting the money from a foreigner, especially an englishman becau

it was set up in 1964 by general ripley who was secretary at the time. he felt the inside of the building should better reflect what the outside is. and that is a historic structure. at the time, it was green linoleum and egg crate fixtures and government issue furniture and all of that. for the next, since 1965, we have been collecting antique furniture that fits with the building and the time period, roughly 1840 to 1900. the first initial years of the smithsonian. and then, we actually, people actually sit at the desk's and is the tables and the building is furnished that way throughout . and that is the collection i manage. this little staircase is in one of the tiny towers on the corner of the main building. it was put in 1881 for the scientists who had laboratory space on a balcony in the great hall. one of them was mary jane rathbun, she was the sister of one of the young assistant secretaries. she worked in the marine collection. the wet storage was down here. they put in the staircase as a shortcut. she would have to go to the middle of the grea

they were related, same family line and sarah ripley was this amazing woman who lived here. she was a scholar and a mother. some wonderful antidotes talk about her where she would be walking a cradle with 1 foot and reading a book in sanskrit for the other. for emerson, their friendship is really an important thing. they show that intellectual interest in the outdoors in writing and reading and learning. a book like this is just one of the many ones that we have in the collection and many books have little notes as people who have lived here have taken little notes as a gone through or given the books back and forth to different individuals. it's really a collection that tells us a lot about the people who touched and use these books through history. >> we are standing in the study. first you have to look out at the view, this is really about the landscape. it's actually from these windows in this room that back during the revolutionary time that the emerson family first looked out and saw all the commotion with the shot heard around the world. they talk about in their journ

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will ripley is the only western journalist in pyongyang right now.s live from there with the latest. we're so lucky to have you there with the perspective that you're getting from the north korean regime. what are they telling you? >> reporter: as of now, officially this missile launch still hasn't been announced here in north korea. we were just out speaking with people. we're told that we could not tell them about the launch itself until there is the official, likely triumphant announcement on state media that could come tonight or tomorrow morning. north koreans are always the last to know when things like this happen. officials who are aware of the launch are telling us that this sends a strong message. a message of defiance and anger at the united states over the ongoing joint military exercises with south korea. it's noteworthy that they launched the missile at the pyongyang airport, 20 miles from our hotel. it's the airport we fly into when we come here. north korea, by launching a missile in a highly populated area like the capital is saying

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ripley was this amazing woman who lived here. she was a scholar, a mother. some wonderful anecdotes talk about when she would be rocking a cradle with one foot and reading a book in sanskrit with the other. for emerson, the relationship was really in important thing. they had interests in the outdoors, writing and reading and learning. a book like this where it is inscribed by hammerson is one of the many ones we have in the collection. notes,oks have little the people that have lived here have left little notes or given notes back and forth to individuals. it is a collection that tells us a lot about the people who read and used these books. when we are standing in the study, this is really about the landscape as well. some of these windows in this room that back in the revolutionary period that the emerson family first looked out and saw the commotion at the north bridge with the shot heard around the world. they talk about it in the journal that they are standing here looking out the window and thinking of the process being in the house and witnessing the

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territory, bill. >> all right, will ripley from beijing. it's interesting to note that 72 years ago today the u.s. dropped the atomic bomb on nagasaki, japan, that's the same week that president truman used rhetoric eerily similar, a rain of ruin from the air, the likes of which no one has ever seen. yesterday on his working vacation, he used the words fire and fury, twice, the likes of which the world has never seen. this complicates diplomatic efforts on some many levels. joe johns joins us from the president's retreat with the latest. joe. >> reporter: good morning, bill. that fire and fury pronouncement from the president of the united states, some of the most incendiary language used by an american president in decades, quickly followed up with another threat from north korea. the president did not make clear in his statement whether he was talking about rhetorical threats from north korea or if he was referring to physical military tangible threats from north korea. it was also not clear whether the president had crafted the wording o

will ripley is back in pyongyang. the only western journalist who is there amid all of these tensions. will ripley, 10:30 in the morning your time there in north korea, you've been talking to officials there. what are they telling you? >> reporter: it's an incredibly tense time here. it was basically described to me while things are relatively calm on the surface, just neath, things are near the boiling point here in north korea. they're still thinking about president trump's several weeks ago of fire and fury which north korea responded detailing a plan to launch missiles and put them down less than 20 miles from guam. the news cycle here doesn't move quickly like the united states. they're still very focused on those threats from the united states president. and perhaps what we're seeing this show of force in terms of these three ballistic missile launches was an attempt by the north koreans to project power as we're about to interweek two of those military exercises, brook. >> you mention the bellicose language fro

will ripley in beijing. thank you. >>> the american secretary of state rex tillerson among those joining efforts to keep the pressure on north korea here. kim jong-un's nuclear program a topic of wide concern at the just-concluded summit of south sabre an leaders in -- south asian leaders in manila. south korea, japan, and china all urging pyongyang to comply in the face of those new u.n. sanctions. we have more live this morning from seoul, south korea. we heard the secretary of state rex tillerson saying there's no daylight between allies here and neighbors in the region. they want an end to the nuclear program. we've heard from north korea there will be no end to its nuclear program. >> reporter: right. and christine, china is taking a strong stand. they're saying all the right things, saying they'll pay the price for enforcing sanctions. they have the heaviest price to pay as they have the largest economic relationship. they say they're doing it for peace and global security. secretary tillerson is spend

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let's begin with our will ripley in beijing. good morning, will. as you said on the program yesterday, generally it takes 24 hours for north korea to respond. and respond it did. >> reporter: they sure did. you know, we're used to hearing fiery rhetoric from north korea, poppy. we've heard them say they're going to turn the mainland u.s. into a sea of fire, they're going to annihilate washington in a nuclear attack. but what makes this different and really i've never seen anything quite like this before is the level of technical detail in this statement, talking about the specific missile that they're going to use. the trajectory up over japan. 2,100 miles towards guam. that u.s. territory home to more than 160,000 u.s. citizens and key military assets and bringing those missiles down less than 20 miles from the island. talking about all of that so specifically, if they were to pull this off successfully would be north korea's most provocative missile test they have ever done. but, of course, there is a big difference between writing words on a she

will ripley who's been to north korea more than a dozen time joins us now. north korea, will, you well know, keepi ing up the war of words with the united states. the state-run north korean central news agency saying this, "trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war making outcries as the u.s. will not rule out a war against the dprk." the democratic people's republic of korea. what more is north korea saying about this standoff? they're issues more statements. >>. >> reporter: one of two statements north korea put out this morning, wolf. that phrase, "pushing to the brink of nuclear war" is something we hear quite aoften from north korea. we hear our phrases, threatening to turn the u.s. into the stage of a nuclear war if they sense a pre-emptive attack was coming and also calling the united states nuclear war fanatics. all of that language may sound frightening for people listening in the united states, if you put it in context that is the kind of rhetoric we often hear from north korea. fairly regularly. it's busi

we begin with will ripley who has been inside north korea more than a dozen times. he joins us from north korea. >> a couple of developments just breaking here within the last fu minutes. we have just received word from the chinese ministry of foreign affairs. the first response on the record to president trump's fire and fury remarks and north korea's threat to attack u.s. military assets in guam, of course, china very concerned an accidental war could break out on the peninsula. they are reiterating what they said during other times of tension. they can calling for calm. let me read you the statement, i don't know if we've had time to make a graphic. the current situation is complex and sensitive. china calls on all relevant sides to uphold the broad direction of resolving the north korean nuclear issue through political means, avoid remarks and actions that could aggravate conflicts and escalate tensions. that message aimed both at president trump and also at north korea. north korea responding to the flyover on monday of two u.s. b-1 bombers. 30% of that island

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>> will ripley reported the u.s. and south korea will have the joint military exercises together this month to show force to the north. thank you very, very much from the reporting from seoul. kelsey davenport is joining us at the arms control association. an important voice today and colonel peter man. you believe it is important to put the military option on the table, front and center, like he is now, for diplomacy to work. explain. >> that's right. for two decades, diplomacy has done nothing for the missile development. henry kissinger said diplomacy without a force is like an orchestra without instruments. in this case, unless jong-un believes the power is on the table and we would use it, he will continue to do what he is doing, minimizing nuclear warheads. this this case, the threat of force is, can be, a valuable addition to our diplomacy, but it has to be used very, very delicately. >> kelci, you disagree. you make the argument that diplomacy, talks have worked. if that's the case, why are we where we are no

will ripley is in beijing. first, sara, to you, with the president starting the day off like this, what else should we expect from the president? >> reporter: well, certainly the president is not looking to soften his tone. it's interesting, there was a white house official trying to down play the president's language saying this is not new, the u.s. always has a military option lready for military action. it is new to see a president boasting about u.s. military might when tensions are rising with a nuclear power like north korea. today, the president will be hu hunkered down. he is meeting with nikki haley, the ambassador to the united nations. rex tillerson will be there as well as hr mcmaster. they are trying to take a lead on the diplomatic crisis. we heard a lot from trump on the military side of that. he's been more pessimistic about the odds of being successful. we will see if the tone changes after the meeting. right now, we are expecting it to be behind cloesed doors. president trump was game to talk

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let's begin with will ripley in beijing. good morning, will. >> hi, poppy. so within the past few hours there is a brand new statement out of north korea directly responding to president trump's comments yesterday. and what we're seeing now is a more familiar message from north korea. they did not talk, for example, about upping the ante or did not detail any further their plan they laid out earlier this week to launch those missiles coming within 20 miles of the u.s. territory of guam. but what they are saying, i'll read you two portions of the statement, is, quote, trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war, making such outcries as the u.s. will not rule out a war against the dprk. and then this statement instead of focusing on what president trump said they talk about the history, because history influences so much of what north korea does. they talked about the korean war from 1950 to 1953 when 3 million people, mostly civilians, died on the korean peninsula. they talked about the fact that the united states they

mainland or guam but cnn's will ripley is in pyongyang.s the only western television correspondent in north korea. just arrived in north korea within the last few hours. i understand, will, you have just spoken with government officials. what are they telling you? >> reporter: yeah, we have been meeting with officials here who told me that even though it appears on the surface that things have calmed in terms of the military activity up until just a matter of hours ago, when those missiles were launched, they say this is the most tense situation that many of them have seen in a number of years. the reason for that goes back to those words from president trump, fire and fury, locked and loaded. even though the news cycle in the united states has moved on, here in north korea, they are still thinking about that. they considered it a threat and we have heard a lot of fiery rhetoric from north korea over the last month. we are now seeing something very different we haven't seen since the end of july when they launched that intercontinental bal

let's go to cnn's will ripley.n television correspondent in north korea since the latest escalation in tension. bring us up to speed, will. >> reporter: north korean officials said that this country tends to be infuriated over the joint military exercises that have entered the second week. we saw north korea attempt to launch the three ballistic missiles over the weekend. we also saw kim jong-un, the north korean leader, presiding over a special forces operation with commandos simulating an attack on south korean islands. now within the last hour, new information about a possible, potentially important development here in north korea yet to be confirmed by officials here in pyongyang. south korean intelligence officers believe that north korea may be making preparations right now for another nuclear test at the test site after spotting activity at some of the underground tunnels that north korea uses to conduct those tests. we need to point out that south korea often observes activity at the nuclear site. you'll re

back to you. >> will ripley live from pyongyang. thanks for joining us. i'm rene marsh. >> i'm dave briggs. explosions at a chemical plant and new mandatory evacuations as the devastation from harvey expands in texas. also the latest on a water issue in beaumont, texas. "new day" has it all covered right now. >>> we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching "new day." it's thursday, august 31st. 5:00 a.m. in houston. emergency managers in houston have ordered a mandatory evacuation of several communities on the west side of houston. officials are urging people to leave their homes as soon as the sun comes up this morning, saying there's water in this nearby reservoir and has reached its peak. it's at

cnn counterterrorism analyst phil mudd and will ripley is back with us from beijing. gordon, there have been so many developments over the last 24 hours and it's felt like things have ratcheted up. but then we heard secretary of state tillerson trying to tamp things down. this is what he just said on this surprise stop in guam. listen to this. >> do you have any advice for americans? should they be worried? >> i think americans should sleep well at night. i have no concerns about this particular rhetoric of the last few days. i think the president, again, i think he felt it necessary to issue a very strong statement directly to north korea. but i think what the president was just re-affirming is the united states has the capability to fully defend itself from any attack and defend our allies and we will do so. so the american people should sleep well at night. >> are you sleeping well at night last night? >> no. first of all, there is an issue that i think the president was, with that fire and fury comment, really talking to the chinese more than the north koreans. >>

. >>> first, let's go to cnn's will ripley who is reporting from inside north korea. more than a dozen times. will, there's breaking news coming out of the kim jong-un regime right now. update our viewers. >> reporter: just minutes ago, north korea putting out a very fierce and threatening response to president trump's remarks when president trump threatened to unleash fire and fury on north korea. we knew that this was coming, but this is a very strongly worded warning from kcna, the north korean state media, wolf. they called president trump's remarks a load of nonsense. they say that president trump fails to grasp the gravity of the situation on the korean peninsula, and this really stands out. they say that dialogue, they believe dialogue will not work with the u.s. president, that only absolute force will work. i want to read to you a portion of this because they actually detail their plan for an attack on guam. the island that contains key u.s. military assets. it says here, quote, as already clarified, the strategic force of the kpa is seriously examining the p

we want to start with will ripley live for us in beijing with the latest. will. >> reporter: brianna, i want to get right to this brand new statement that has been released by north korea just within the last few minutes. the title of this statement on the north korean news agency is u.s. nuclear war fanatic. trump is driving the situation on the korean pe nins korean -- from 1950 to 1953 killed $3 million people and north korea tells its citizens that the u.s. almost dropped a nuclear bomb on them back then and they believe, they tell their citizens that the u.s. is ready to do it again. another portion of this article that's important, quote, all these facts go to prove that the u.s. is indeed the master mind of the nuclear threat, the heinous nuclear war fanatic. so there you go. president trump remarks really do play in the long stannistandt the united states is preparing for nuclear war. things are happening that might remind people of when they were growing up during the cold weer. the daily pacific in guam. 14 minutes. that's how long guam homeland s

will ripley, thank you so much. i have dave, a research associate at the james martin center for nonproliferation studies and laura rosenberger is with us, she was a member of the six party talks delegation on north korea's nuclear program under president george w. bush, and she's the director for china and korea at the national security council. she was under president obama. so, a huge welcome to both of you. but david, i mean, you're the expert here on this nonproliferation and talking about these nukes. i mean, when you hear that this is now happened, years in the making, now happened, reportedly, how worrisome is this? >> well, it's certainly not a good thing. but again, the north koreans have been telling us that they're moving in this direction as early as last year. as mentioned previously, the north koreans had a photo op with kim jong un early in 2016, showing kim jong un standing in front of an implosion device that was intended for being mated with an icbm and then their last nuclear test, they did use w

we are getting some details now, will ripley.his missile flew some 1600 miles at an altitude of 300 miles straight over u.s. ally japan. certainly a threatening act by north korea. >> reporter: it is, jim. and we also know, we just learned that this missile was launched from the pyongyang sue nan airport. that is the airport we flew into, all the commercial flights into pyongyang fly into. we flew in just a couple days ago. they launched a missile from the vicinity of the airport they use for commercial purposes but also obviously for military purposes as well. very close to the hotel where we are reporting from at this hour. we know that the missile, as you said, flew over northern japan, the hokkaido region. residents in that area received an alert telling them to take cover. this is a system that japan has put in place after previous north korean launches came very close to hokkaido. some smaller communities have even conducted north korean missile drills which gives you a sense of the fear in this region. but this launch as p

will ripley, the only western correspondent reporting live from the pyongyang capital.north koreans saying about this test and are they even letting the north korean people know about this test at this point? >> reporter: jim, it's been more than 24 hours since we broke the news of a missile launch right here, and north korea has yet to even say a single word about it. they haven't made an official announcement, they haven't told their own people. officials we've spoken to were aware because we told them. we still don't know the kind of missile north korea launched. so many questions about their highly provocative act. more than eight hours after the missile launch, we're told we cannot tell north koreans about the launch itself, because it hasn't been announced yet on state media. north koreans pretty much always get the government-approved version of news far later than everyone else. until then, in a country cut off from the outside world, people go about their day unaware. unaware millions of japanese woke up to air raid sirens. unaware south korea was conducting it

let's begin with our will ripley in beijing. will, given the fact that you have been to pyongyang more than a dozen times and spoken with and spent time with officials from the regime, what is your assessment of all we have seen transpire? >> reporter: well, they are going to respond. but we haven't gotten the response yet. that could come at any time. it normally takes north korea around 24 hours to respond or perhaps even more from a particular viewed provocation from the united states. the north korean threat to possibly launch their missiles at guam came as you mentioned after that b1b flyover on monday. the u.s. flew supersonic jets from guam a couple weeks ago. now what we are waiting to hear is will north korea issue a strongly worded statement or will they take action? could there be a demonstration, a show of force to try to push back against president trump's assertions that the united states will rain down fire and fury. also boasting about the size of america's nuclear arsenal. in the middle of this we have china, wh

i want to discuss this with will ripley, the only western journalist in pyongyang.ormer army commanding for europe. first to you, inside pyongyang, the message of this missile launch. >> well the message is furry with the united states over the ongoing joint military exercises between south korean forces and united states. hourly loud speakers in pyongyang, it's a song to remind the north koreans of their late leaders. just to give you the sense of the mood. listen for a moment. [ ♪ >> and imagine that playing every hour of every day all around the city. back to the topic at hand. north korea by launching this missile over japan, and not towards guam, they're able to accomplish a number of things. they can demonstrate the technical capability that they can put a missile over a population center and put it down safely in the ocean but by not pointing it south they avoided perhaps crossing that red line that president trump laid out. also note worthy that north korea launch a missile from their airport here in pyongyang just about 20 miles from where i'm standing. it'

senior international correspondent ivan watson who has just arrived on the island of guam and will ripley is joining us from beijing. barbara, these very deliberate statements issued bicey secreta of defense james mattis. >> you very seldom here from a secretary of defense and never casually. james mattis said in a statement to north korea, that it should discontinue any actions that would lead to an end to the regime and the destruction of its people. this is an effort to convince kim that he must give up this nuclear deterrence he thinks he has and that he cannot take these actions, especiallily after everyone saw the threat from north korea to attack guam. theoretical, real or not, it is a threat against the united states. that is what you're seeing a response to. at the end of this statement, secretary mattis also using some very deliberate words, he says that the combined allied militaries, which is really the united states, now possessed the most precise, rehearsed, and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on earth. he goes on to say, north korea will be grossly overmatched a

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will ripley, your perspective given how many times you've to pyongyang reporting on this.our thoughts? >> that's colorful rhetoric, but not unusual for north korea, who do feel in some sense they do have a pack of wild calls, and that lead wild dog would be the united states, which is why they feel entirely justified in continues to -- and it's also why officials who i spoke with back as recently as june, they want they were expecting more sanctions. this is not coming as a surprise to them. they say that the missile program, the nuclear program will be the last ones they cut, even if they have to endure financial hardship. they're threatening, of course, to strike back to retaliate against the sanctioning, but they pledge this missile program will continue, and it takes a long time to take effect. that could potential deliver the nuclear warhead. >> it's remarkable. will ripley thank you for the reporting and the important perspective. >>> president trump this morning chose to retweet a fox news story on u.s. satellites that,s according to these sources say detected north

will ripley. we hear russia and china are working together? >> they are trying to convince the united states to suspend the military exercises scheduled to begin later this month as they always do in august and april and they anger pyongyang. north korea often launches missiles during the exercises, happening miles from their own borders because they tell people the military exercises which the u.s. insists for training purposes are addressed for an invasion. interesting you mentioned the article, the editorial in the times but it does represent the views of some factions of the chinese government implying if the united states were to use a preemptive strike on north korea, china would intervene, that changes the whole dynamic and even though that's not the official government line, there are analysts who believe it reflects the unspoken policy of china who continues to issue statements urging all sides to diffuse tensions, not aggravate them with the kind of rhetoric we heard just minutes ago, jay. >> president trump said the american militar

will ripley live from beijing. so tell me how is china thinking it's going to fight back on this?er: china is certainly not being taken by surprise. they have been expecting trade action by the trump administration, especially after meetings on trade haven't gone so well. and of course, president trump's very vocal frustration on the north korea issue, feeling that china has done nothing to rein in north korea. american companies here in beijing and other chinese cities are making large profits. however, they have often been complaining that the odds are stacked against them when they do business here. they're forced to share their trade secrets with chinese partners. they have to cut the licensing fees for patents and other things that make it difficult for american companies to grow. china is giving state money to its own companies trying to foster their growth, protect them from american competition, especially in the high-tech sector which is something china's focusing on in the coming years. what the trump administration is expected to do is to launch an investigation, possib

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let's begin with cnn's will ripley, he's the western journalist who has spent the most time in north korea. he's live for us in beijing. >> reporter: alisyn, i can tell you i have never seen a statement like this from north korea, a detailed technical plan for what would be north korea's most provocative missile test ever if they actually go through with it and are able to pull it off. they're talking about launching four missiles simultaneously. the missile they tested in may, with a range of 3,100 miles which puts guam, 2,100 miles from the korean peninsula within striking range. these missiles can reach guam in less than 20 minutes. north korea wants to flee these missiles over japan, toward this island, home to more than 160,000 american citizens, putting those missiles down in the waters less than 20 miles from itself. it would be highly provocative and certainly cross president trump's red line. this statement indicates they don't take president trump's warnings seriously. they called his fire and fury statement a load of nonsense, they made fun of the fact that he was speaking

let's begin with our will ripley who joins us from beijing and who has been to payongyang more than a dozen times. will, what do you make of all of this? >> reporter: well, there is a lot to unpack, poppy. certainly around the region there are a number of things that have countries, including china where i am right now, cause to be alarmed. there is growing fear in this region that there could really be an accidental war on the korean peninsula. it seeps as if all of the stakeholders involved don't want to see war break out, but the concern is the fiery rhetoric, unpredictable behavior, that one action could lead to a chain reaction from which there is no coming back. that is why just within the last couple of hours we received a statement from the chinese government which often tries to call for calm when tensions bubble up on the korean peninsula. the ministry of foreign affairs saying, "china calls on the relevant sides." first saying the current situation on the korean peninsula is complex an sensiti sensitive. china calls on the relevant sides to follow the broad direction to res

. >> cnn's international correspondent will ripley is following the story, joining us live from beijingwhat can you tell us about this investigation? >> reporter: well, there are several factors at play here, wolf. one is president trump's frustration over the trade issue, also trade takes in washington pretty much fell apart and companies in china have complained that it's not a level playing field. they are forced to share their technology with chinese companies as the chinese government infuses state money into those companies and protects them from competition with american competitors, especially in the high-tech field and so there's a lot of fear moving forward that american companies in order to do business in this market where they make money are going to have to give more and more and more and that's what the trump administration is expected to launch this investigation, and if the investigation finds unfair trade practices, then the penalties could be steep tariffs on chinese companies or even pulling some licenses. >> what are the other possible consequences you're hearing ov

both parties involved have not given any indication they'd be willing to do that. >> will ripley, thank you for that report. and sara, german chancellor angela merkel sees no military solution to the north korean conflict adds escalating rhetoric is the wrong response. what's the white house saying this morning? >> well, dana, obviously president trump isn't toning down his rhetoric whatsoever. you saw the tweet, the u.s. is locked and loaded prepared for anything north korea might do. look at the meetings the president is holding. meeting with ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. haley and tillerson, key playei north korea. p pivotal securing the votes to get man nounanimous sanctions a north korea. and expected it all to be behind closed doors. the president rejiggered plans yesterday, though, and decided to talk to reporters. it's always possible that could happen again this afternoon. all of this is playing out while president trump is on week one of what is essentially a two-week working vacation here in new jersey. also learning h

will ripley reporting from beijing for us. thanks very much. let's get some more on the breaking news. democratic congressman is joining us, a key member of the house foreign affairs committee and also standing by, as you know, the president is now meeting with the secretary of state and the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley, rex tillerson and hr mcmaster. we expect the president will make another statement and answer reporters questions following this meeting with live coverage of that but just a little while ago, you heard him say that kim jong-un won't get away with this if he utters one more threat or guam. he'll regret it and regret it fast. do you believe the president is drawing another red line? >> he's drawing red lines, but he's also acting like a child. when you look at kim jong-un, we don't go down to his level. that's what they've been doing forfeiture' forever. he's supposed to be the leader of the free world. my fears are being unfortunate, he would not know how to act as president when he ran for the office and clearly as

will ripley live in beijing with more. good morning. >> reporter: hi, dave.difficult for american companies doing business here. they can find regulatory violations. they can shut down locations. they can eject people's workers if they want to. there are lots of ways that china could fight back if the united states moves forward with this trade investigation. the results of which could result in higher tariffs on chinese goods, and even the polling of -- pulling of goods. they've been complaining for a long time it's not a level playing field. while they have to share secrets and cut patent licensing fees for chinese companies, the chinese government is infusing money into chinese companies, particularly in the high-tech industri, and making competition with american companies far more difficult. what happens now? everybody doesn't want to hear on wall street two words -- trade war between the u.s. and china. if things go downhill, it could be bad for a stock market that is certainly on the up at the moment. >> all eyes on that situation. will ripley, thank y

will ripley for us in beijing. thank you. >>> 16 minutes past the hour.rch for an ohio rape suspect on the run since last week is over. police say brandon lee powell shot and killed himself after a tracked him down to his parents' home in the rural town of antwerp and tried to coax him out of a crawl space. it's not clear whether his parents knew he was in their home. powell escaped police custody last week when he overpowered a deputy in a transport van and took off with his handgun. >>> a manhunt underway for a missouri man authorities say shot and killed a police officer during a traffic stop. 39-year-old ian james mccarthy of clinton, missouri, faces first-degree murder charges and is considered armed and dangerous. he was pulled over by officer gary michael for a registration violation sunday and allegedly opened fire on the officer once he extend out of his -- stepped out of his patrol car. officer michael was with the clinton police department for less than a year. >>> google reportedly firing the employee who wrote a memo saying women are not biol

will ripley is live for us in beijing with more. will?> reporter: alisyn, here in beijing china being north korea's largest trading partner by far have said within the last few hours they are prepared to pay a financial price for this punishing round of economic sanctions, a $1 billion economic assault on the north korean regime led by kim jong-un and big diplomatic win for the trump administration, a 15-0 vote by the u.n. security council, even here in china which never approved sanctions after missile tests, only nuclear tests. they are ready to go all-in but the north koreans also doubling down, promising a physical response against the united states for what they consider a violent violation of the national sovereignty. these sanctions cut off their main exports, and their access to international financial institutions. they could cut north korean exports by as much as a third but i can tell you i was in north korea back in june speaking with officials about this. this does not come as a surprise. they will find ways to get around the