cnn's will ripley is the only western tv network correspondent reporting live from pyongyang. he's joining us now. will, what else are the north koreans saying? >> reporter: officials here in pyongyang, wolf, are strongly condemning these sanctions, as they put it, in the strongest possible terms. they're using terms like vicious and evil and threatening the united states with unbearable consequences. and yet when you go out on to the streets, people express their hatred for the united states, but they are shrugging off these sanctions, shrugging off the threats from president trump, saying in their eyes, it's not a big deal. in pyongyang, traffic cops direct the flow of cars. the streets, noticeably busier each time i come here. busiest, at least for now. the u.s. says the latest u.n. sanctions threaten toll cut north korea's oil supply by nearly a third, which could spike prices for everything from taxis to energy, a ban on textile exports, and the end of foreign labor contracts could further slash the income of this

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. >> let's start with will ripley who was just in pyongyang. will, let's start with you. the significance and what comes from the president and the time line over the last couple of weeks. >> this is all unfolding after a series of events that infuriate north korea. there were the joint military exercises between the u.s. and south korea that ended last week. then the united states flew b 2 bombers alongside south koreans. after that show of force by the united states we saw a message from north korea indicating a willingness to open the door to diplomacy, urging the u state to rethinking its position and that north korea will only continue is weapons program faster if the united states puts additional pressure on pyongyang and its leader kim jong-un, pressures meaning sanctions and shows of military force. when i landed in north korea last night, i thought the condition may be calming down but i was considered when they released the images shortly before the nuclear test showing the leader standing in from front of what they claim was a hydrogen bomb that could be placed

this is will ripley looking inside north korea. the exclusive look, the secret state, inside north korea. that airs tonight at 10:00 eastern. we'll get you a preview in just a bit. >>> meantime, we'll go to tom foreman taking count of the north's stockpile of weapons. tom, what are you finding? >> reporter: they are on an absolutely record-shattering pace in terms of missile tests this year. and you only need to look at one graphic to understand what we're talking about here. go back to kim jong-un's grandfather, kim il-song. during his time in office the modern missile program getting started, 15 total tests. come forward to his son here, kim jong-il, there it went to 16 tests but still a program that excited concern but wasn't really exploding. but now look at what is happening under kim jong-un. there have been 88 missile tests in his time. last year there were 24. this year there are already 22. and there's still a quarter of the year left to go. and this, despite the fact they have had more than ten years of u.n. sanctions aga

they didn't feel it posed any danger to civilians. >> will ripley in tokyo for us. will, thank you very much. i appreciate that. now i want to bring in cnn national security commentator mike rogers and chief security correspondent jim sciutto. thank you so much for joining us. serious stuff here. we know that the president has been briefed on north korea, jim, but he did not comment tonight during a dinner reception this evening. secretary of state rex tillerson just released a statement. what did he say? >> this is a real challenge to u.s. policy here because trump has come in with a tougher position, right, saying that we will not tolerate. he promised fire and fury several weeks ago. and the question is what does this mean for u.s. policy going forward, because it is based on stronger sanctions. you had a unanimous u.n. security council resolution just this past week, but north korea in effect with this test standing up not just to the u.s. but to the international community, including north korea's closest ally, which is china, and the threat of greater economic

and this test is one step closer to that. >> will ripley for us, we'll talk with you again. now to cyril. >> now let's talk to former cnn correspondent mike janoy. he is the author of the book "meltdown." could you please shed some light on china's position in all of this? because china has always said to be the single country that has the most leverage over north korea. and china has been either reluctant or unable to use its leverage over the past year to limit to put a cap on all this military testing in north korea. >> well, the characterization of china is both accurate but not completely accurate. the chinese do have leverage because most north korean trade and fuel supplies and so on all go through china. but for a variety of reasons the chinese see the north korean issue quite differently than the united states. they are ultimately most worried about the possibility of regime collapse of turmoil, leading to a crisis of north korean refugees pouring into china and leading to the collapse of north korea and reunified south korea with a security alliance with the united

will ripley is standing by in tokyo. he's just out of north korea. first kim jong-un inspected what he said was a small warhead that's capable of delivering a nuclear warhead. now give us the latest. >> when i was in pyongyang, it seemed that things were calming down, but when i saw their leader inspecting a miniaturized warhead, i started to get nervous here in tokyo, and later the 6.3 earthquake, the strongest ever created by a north korean nuclear test. last year was a 5.3, even a second seismic event in the mountains pet nuclear test site, some believing it might have been a tunnel collapse resulting from the size of this explosion estimated by seismologists in norway as 120 kill own tons, in perspective, 15 kiloton was the bomb here in hiroshima. other have a slight her smaller estimate. unless it's the biggest bomb they have tested yet, like the one they laurchled in twice, north korea also just testing an intermediate range ballistic missile last week on tuesday flying it over hokkaido here in northern japan. north korea is sending a defiant m

will ripley live in tokyo with the latest. will, the distance relevant this time as well as the trajectory. tell us. >> reporter: 2,300 miles is how far this intercontinental ballistic missile went. that's how have it traveled over the japanese island of hoe kai da. it could have gone another direction. 2,300 miles south is the u.s. territory of guam. a place that north korea has threatened in recent weeks. so far they haven't followed through. this clearly a message they could point this missile in that direction. they could threaten the key u.s. territory. home to military bases and 160,000 u.s. citizens. for the first time since world war ii, people are ache waking up to the sound of air raid sigh reps. listen. [ sirens] were. . >>> frightening to say the least. threaten to go sink japan using tphoernorth korean nuclear bomb. no matter how strong the pressure is, they will not stop their development of weapons of mass destruction. in response, we saw a live fire drill in south korea. they launched a missile that could hit n

let's bring back now will ripley. joining us is gordon chang, the author of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world" and columnist of the daley beast and mark lang from the seventh arm. great to have all of you experts with us. gordon chang, let's talk about real options today. what are the real options? >> there's way too much war talk. i think how do we use our economy and financial system to deny kim from building missiles and nukes. >> how do we do that? >> i think we talk about embargo. the last sanctions adopted on august 5 only restrict a small portion, in this case a third of north korea's legal exports, and it doesn't even take into account the stuff that north korea is sending to iran which is about $2 billion, $3 billing eun a year. what we need to do is go after the oil and 5u8 the other things that keeps kim in business. if the wrats is going to show political will, and i think essentially the chinese and the nort north koreans are going to step back and would be more amenable to talking. yes ca

i listened to you talk to will ripley. you need a comprehensive set of options ahead of you designed to try to get the north back to the negotiating table. i think the administration is doing the right thing in terms of trying to put in place stronger sanctions. key there, implemented by everybody. you don't want to starred a trade war with china to do it. we need other options for china. in the region. using the word defend is appropriate. definitely making it clear that we're going to -- military options are going to be defensive in nature and not offensive and lastly, you've heard secretary tillerson talk about this. we're not interested in regime change. they need to make it much more clear to pyongyang that's not what we're after. china does not want a unified peninsula. they worry about a violent regime change that will send thousands if not millions of ref jis into chinese territory and potentially put american troops camp ud out on the other side of the river. last point john, talked about the war it's being forgot

let's bring back our panel, we have will ripley. also joining us gordon chang the ar thundershower of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world," a columnist for "the daily beast." and sean turner, the director of communications for u.s. intelligence. let's talk about real world options this morning. you saw the president's tweet where he said the u.s. is willing to cut off real trade with any country that does business with north korea, meaning listen up, china. is that the right way to go in your mind? is that the real world option here? >> that is the real world option. after that -- this was not just some isolated donald trump tweet. secretary mnuchin said he was going to put together a sanctions package which would accomplish the same thing. this changes everyone's calculus. we always say the north koreans will never give up their nukes. the chinese will never press the north koreans unless the united states puts pressure on both these countries and makes the incentives very different. an embargo -- xi jinping is full n

let's go now to will ripley who joins me now on the line from tokyo.indication that there was a nuclear test on the horizon? >> well, all last week when we were reporting for north korea we reiterated that it was around this time last year they conducted their fifth nuclear test. that nuclear test happened shortly before the end of the joint military drills between the u.s. and south korea which always infuriate the north korean government. this infur yated them for a long time. a week before the drills ended last week they conducted their fifth nuclear tests. the drills this year ended on thursday. while we saw that provocative launch over japan, north korea didn't give any warning of an impending nuclear test. what they have done is put out messaging over the past couple of days talking about their nuclear program and how it is increasingly advanced and urging the united states to shift the longstanding position of not acknowledging north korea as a nuclear weapons state. this is something north korea is demanding as a precondition for any kind of di

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let's bring in will ripley, joining us from tokyo. will, we get this word from north korean state tv that there will be a major announcement a short time from now. the expectation is that they will confirm that there was a nuclear test. >> reporter: that's right. and having just woken up yesterday in pyongyang, north korea, arrived back here in tokyo last night, the timing of this is not necessarily a surprise given the fact that north korea has been talking about their nuclear program all week. they had just put out a statement within the last 12 hours or so, those new photos of north korea's supreme leader kim jong-un standing over what they claim is a miniaturized h-bomb, a nuclear war head they can put on an intercontinental ballistic missile. north korea has been saying, both in conversations with government officials in north korea and also via their state media, that they think it is time for the united states to recognize them as a nuclear power, as a nuclear weapon state, something that north korea has sought for quite a long

they of course, could have been tougher, lets go to pyongyang where cnn's will ripley is, how is northgovernment reacting? is there any sense of fear or retreat? >> reporter: short answer no, there is no fear expressed to us. outrage threats to the united states. threatening retaliation and unimaginable consequences and pain and suffering. these sanctions do bite more than previous rounds of sanctions and putting a camp on oil imports and ending over seas labor contracts. it is going to take a while for any sanctions to kick in. and south korea does believe that the north is ready to launch their next ballistic missile pretty much any time. that's one way for them to send a giant middle finger to the u.s. >> this is your 15th trip. despite the sanctions why? >> reporter: because they have invested too much into it and the only leverage they feel they have in the global stage. north korea officials find the idea that more sanctions causing the course to change now and ridiculous frankly, they have gone all in on this and they feel this is all that they have. their nuclear weapons are wh

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let's go live to pyongyang and bring in will ripley. will, good morning to you.matter what the sanctions, will any of this have any impact on the further development of that nuclear program? >> reporter: north koreans will say no. and they point to their track record as evidence of that, dave. you have seen round after round of increasingly strong an shns from the u.n. security council. yet they just conducted their sixth and most powell test to date. which caused the global markets to dip for a while. north korea certainly knows when they engage in provocative behavior they can send shock waves. and yet even in that state of economic challenge they deny to launch missiles as well. launching dozens under the current leader kim jong-un. in fact indications are they're ready to launch the next missile. south korea thought it was going to happen a few days ago. one thing we know about north korea, they like to remain unpredictable and they are angry about the sanctions threatening the united states with pain and suffering with unbearable consequences as a result of

will ripley is live in pyongyang his report is next. albreakthrough withyou back.llegra® for fast 5-in-1 multi-symptom relief. breakthrough allergies with allegra®. >>> welcome back, everyone. tropical depression irma still leave ago path of serious damage. it has killed at least five people left millions without power in the southeast ern united states. jacksonville is suffering the worst flooding it has seen in a century. the only road that connects the florida keys is closed. thousands of people that rode out the storm there don't have water or cell service. and charleston remains under a flash flood emergency. more in our next hour on hurricane irma. right now let's take it to john vause who's following other international headlines. >> north korea has been hit with tough new u.n. sanctions aimed at kj and his missile programs. the u.n. approved the sanctions which includes a ban on those working over sea and textile exports. north korea will also be hit with a 30% reduction in oil imports and well short of the trump administration's demand last week that oil s

to will ripley in pyongyang.ou know, will, nikki haley promised when she spoke a week or so ago at the u.n. that, you know, this road isn't forever, and tough sanctions will move north korea's hand, but it seems like from all our reporting, these sanctions were going to be a lot tougher before china and russia, which have veto power, had a say. >> and from my vantage point in pyongyang, you have messages of anger and defiance from the north koreans threatening, you know, unimaginable consequences on the united states, typical fiery rhetoric we hear from north korea when the united states pushes for more sanctions. these are watered down. they don't have the bite the united states wanted. russia and china's fingerprints are all over this. not an oil embargo. there will be oil floating into the country. kim jong-un's name is not on the sanctions, he has been blacklisted, that's something the united states wanted and north korea's airline continues to fly back and forth from russia and china to pyongyang which allow

joining me from tokyo, will ripley in north korea until last week. you heard what the russians and south koreans talking about. can any of these measures really deter north korea? are they showing any signs they'll back down or escalations that are going to continue? >> reporter: from the north korean perspective and what they've reiterated to me all of this past year including last week, no, jim. they are not afraid of sanctions. when i even asked in pyongyang if china were to cut off that country economically, completely cut them off, they acknowledged it would be painfula growing consumer class in the north korean capital. see chinese goods and gasoline, oil comes from china. and they've acknowledged it would be very difficult. certainly cut into their standard of listening but point out they've survived much worse in north korea and faced the collapse of the former soviet union. series of natural disasters and economic mismanagement in the latest 1990s leading to the great famine during which hundreds of thousands of people died. people eating g

will ripley, thank you for the report. i want to bring in senator jeff flake, a members of the foreign relation committee. north korea as we've talking about, announced its detonated a hydrogen bomb that can be pointed on top of ann and he accused america's ally of appeasement. he said psychopsychois finding that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. they only understand one thing. what do you make of that. >> i think south korea certainly will be with us in whatever we decide, but i don't know about that criticism directly. south korea knows the situation they're in, the proximity of seoul to the dmz and north korea is obviously of big, big concern to everyone in south korea. so i don't know. i don't want to characterize the president's remarks. >> north korea's nuclear test, no doubt about, this was an extraordinary show of defiance against the united states and specifically president trump who threatened last month to bring fire and fury tonoicnoic if it continued to threaten the u.s. do you think th

joining me now is will ripley live for us in tokyo. thank you for joining us this ooer evening here. what are you learning about this latest launch tonight >> it flew a long distance, don. more than 2300 miles of this trajectory tokyo northern of japan. it would have taken it close to the u.s. territory of guam. north korea is demonstrating they have the capability and the reliable missile that they have now shot twice over northern japan. if they were to point it south, a strong message for the united states and its allieallies. after the north korea's launch, south korea who has been waiting for a missile launch of this kind, they launch their own missile that could easily take out north korea's launch site. this site was in their capital of pyongyang. a city that i just woke up yesterday and flew from the same airport where the missile was launched from and it is surreal to come from the country launching this missile and waking up in japan, where people are getting frightening text messages taking them to take cover. >> your 15th t

. >> will ripley in tokyo. thanks. >> let's go to our chief international correspondent christiane amanpour. you say there are those who have not lived under the threat of nuclear war like when there was the cold war between u.s. and russia and mutually assured destruction. here we are. you say you can't tolerate a nuclear north korea, but we are here. talk about the significance of this? >> well, look. it is very, very significant. over the last 10 years, 12, 15 years, you've heard comments by people. you've heard from people, let's drop a nuke here, let's nuke here, nuke that. the catastrophic consequences of that kind of action in a large part of the global population, obviously not in that region has sort of dissipated after the comment of the soviet eun union and the attempt of decreased nuclear weapons and getting away from that threat. now we have north korea charging into that space and presenting the world with a potentially catastrophic picture that hasn't been seen or thought about really since, you

will ripley following all the developments from tokyo. what are you learning? >> reporter: it's like dÉjÀ vu. we left and the nuclear test happened yesterday and we left yesterday and the missile launch happened from the airport we flew out of. there was a commercial flight that took off after the north korean launch. the fact they launched it from their capital shows they are increasingly confident, and the missile they unveiled this year and since have flown twice over japan and brought it into the pacific. the distance it flew was significant. 2,300 miles. the furthest a north korea missile has ever gone. they launched it to the northeast, and had they launched it south it would have put it down by the u.s. territory of guam, and they have made many threats against guam. it's sending a message to the u.s. that they have the capability if they want to send their missile towards 164,000 u.s. citizens. you mentioned the sirens scaring people, and going off in hokkaido. this is the first time since world war ii that japanese schoolchildren are growing up hearing

will ripley live in tokyo. >>reporter: and here in japan, john, scientists are saying that the explosion over the weekend of that nuclear device far more powerful than they originally thought. now saying essentially this bomb tested deep underground creating a magnitude 6.3 earth quake was stronger than the bombs dropped on hiroshima and nag a saki combined. a new threat this morning. "the great success of the h bomb test which stun the the world reflects the faith and will of the dprk to blow up the u.s. mainland and annihilate the wolf ish imperialists. very strong words. also strong words from the russian president who is saying the world is headed towards a global catastrophe if the united states doesn't change its stratd ji. putsen continuing to insist that sanctions and pressure will not work. they will be a dead-end road. le even comparing it the situation in north korea to saddam hussein's. it could very well happen to them. ominous words. putin will be hosting a forum with south korea's president and t

let's go to cnn's will ripley joining us from tokyo just back from north korea.are you hearing, will? what are the north koreans saying? >> reporter: there are reports citing north korean tv that kim jong-un presided over the missile launch of what we believe to be the wasong 12 fired right from their capitol. 23 miles over hokkaido. this is the longest an intercontinental ballistic missile has traveled. and the circles is all the areas that this missile could have hit. most concerning, the u.s. territory of guam, now easily within striking range of that missile. you saw south korea conducting their own live fire drill and tried to launch two ballistic missiles, one failed but the other could have hit the launch site at the airport. clearly this is a strong messageover message of defiance, north korea feels this is a reliable missile to hit the military targets in south korea, japan and guam, wolf. >> you have been granted unprecedented access to north korea. you have an uncredible documentary will will air later tonight on cnn. let me run a little clip. watch th

cnn's will ripley is in pyongyang. will?nly they're angry, but they think the idea that they would bunkle under the additional sanctions after the nuclear program, they think it's rid ldiciculous that the united states would think the sanctions would have an impact. you have the threats from north korea of unbearable consequences and revenge against the united states. it's also believed that south korea believes north korea could launch an intercontinental ballistic missile any time. it hasn't happened next. for north korea, we know it's not a matter of if but when. what the sanctions do is makes it difficult to bring in more money. they can't get in textiles, coal, food. there's a cap that could cut oil supplies by 30% which could have a long-term impact. but at least currently north korea promising to deliver weapons of mass detrukz. >> by the way. this is will's 15th year doing an outstanding job for all of us. will reporting from pyongyang. much more coming up. we're standing by to see if north korea takes any action, nu

will ripley in tokyo, thank you for the reporting. let's go to the pentagon. barbara starr is there. you have south korea talking about, carrying out these additional drills, saying their intelligence is showing them that north korea is preparing for another icbm test. what are you hearing in terms of preparations from the united states, given those words from defense secretary mattis yesterday? >> well, you know, the defense secretary said two things, that the u.s. would be prepared if there was an attack. he said the u.s. would be prepared if there was a threat. what the threshold may be for some u.s. military option probably remains deliberately, publicly unclear. they want kim to believe that they would respond with that overwhelming mass of force if he was to threaten or attack. you know, everything is in place that would ever be needed to carry out most of these options. the discussion, i think, right now is whether or not you want to send additional military assets to the region in some kind of so-called show of force. does it make a difference if you s

cnn's will ripley live in tokyo with the latest. the range on this one, the direction of this one both causing alarm for authorities. >> reporter: that's right, chris. this is the fartherest a missile has gone. 2,300 miles, flying over the japanese island of hokkaido in northern japan, down the pacific ocean. the 2,300 mile figure is important because that is the distance roughly from north korea to the u.s. territory of guam. an island with 160,000 plus u.s. citizens, andersen air force base, key military assets that have come under north korean threat. this is sendsing a direct message to the united states. they have a reliable missile that can travel all the way to that key u.s. territory. in japan, be terrifying morning for people living in hokkaido. these are the sights and sounds they woke up to. listen. (sirens). >> this is the first time, the first time since world war ii that air raid sirens have been going up in just a couple of weeks. they would not think they would find themselves going through this again, the only count

will ripley in pyongyang. he's the only western journalist reporting from north korea.t feel like another launch is imminent? >> reporter: it's so interesting, dave, because we -- we landed just a couple of hours ago. as we were driving through the city, there is kind of a celebratory feel here. people are still buzzing from north korea's sixth and largest-ever nuclear test this past weekend. and so you saw people out preparing for this big national holiday, the north korean foundation day tomorrow. they were putting a fresh coat of paint on the public spaces. they were rehearsing their dance moves for what we expect could be a large celebration in kim il-sung square or other areas in the city. if you look at statements out of north korea the past couple of days, they're issuing stark warnings to the united states, to japan, to south korea that if these countries push forward as they say they will do with yet another round of sanctions to punish north korea for the nuclear test, they are threatening, in their words, unimaginable consequences. and so it would not be surp

that's where we find will ripley. what is your take given the access that you had to the regime. you have been there 14 times and just got back this weekend. what do you make of the latest rhetoric and also this test? >> well, the rhetoric is concerning. it's not necessarily what we think we haven't heard before but north korea has been following through on the threats it has been making because they have been talking about hours later they tested a nuclear device and launched an intermediate range missile and said future launches would be targeting the pacific ocean and aimed to contain the u.s. territory of guam and now you have south korea saying they believe we could be days away from another north korean ballistic missile launch possibly fired toward guam so north korea continues to make these threats. what we are seeing is tests that continue cross the red line in attack. and that needs to be pointed out. north korea had dangerous weapons capabilities for a long time and what they have done is tried to demonstrate their abilities as a deturnt against military action. i don'

on that piece, let's go to will ripley. on top of the tweet, with you know he talked to shinzo abe twice, but it took more than 30 hours to call south korea's leader. that call did happen a short time ago. talk me through what was said and was there any diplomatic fallout? >> reporter: well it's a very tense situation between president trump and president ja jae-in. critics would say now is not the time for that. there was a statement the two leaders agreed to impose maximum pressure, but it's not fooling thenoicance. i can tell you, brooke, i was just there. i landed here in tokyo on saturday night. they were well aware of the mixed messages, well aware of the apparent tension between the u.s. and south korea. of course, shinzo abe and president trump had been talking all week. they talked twice since the nuclear test, so that relationship seems to be good. i look at all these developments and have to think and wonder, where is the way out here? when i was in north korea, i did not encounter a frightened country, an intimi

dangerous, potentially catastrophic, but it is an unpredictable and bill unpredictable and build ripley build ripley at cnn who spend a lot of time inside north korea said what north korea wants is something that only the united states can give legitimacy across the globe. do you agree with those things and if so, is there something the united states can do that doesn't endanger our national security, but at the same time takes the top of the pot off the boiling water? >> north korea is largely predictable. we can't predict in a daily basis, but we know what the long-term trend is it they want to be recognized as a nuclear power contrary to earlier assertions they did not want a nuclear weapon. but the u.s. and others have offered legitimate need. we've offered to recognize them as the country. we've done any number of other things to offer securities in previous negotiations in that stop them from developing nuclear missiles. >> it appears as though they are not undeniably a major nuclear power in terms of the size of their weapons and ability to deliver them. appreciate your insights

will ripley with exclusive reporting from pyongyang, north korea. thanks. quick programming note. will has a documentary coming this friday night at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. it's called "secret state: inside north korea" 10:00 p.m. eastern friday only here on cnn. >>> coming up, the breaking news. police in hollywood, florida, open a criminal investigation into the deaths of nursing home residents after the air-conditioning failed following hurricane irma if florida's governor wants answers and wants first responders to check other health care facilities in the state, where millions are still without power. i mean wish i had time to take care of my portfolio, but... well, what are you doing tomorrow -10am? staff meeting. 3:45? tai chi. 6:30? sam's baseball practice. you are busy. wouldn't it be great if you had investments that worked as hard as you do? yeah. introducing essential portfolios the automated investing solution. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the

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cnn's will ripley is in the north korean capital for us. this, his 15th trip to pyongyang.e right now. will, this live fire drill in south cria comes on the heels of sanctions against north korea unanimously approved by the united nations security council. give us the reaction where you are. >> reporter: just minutes ago, wolf, we received a response from the north korean government to this latest round of u.n. sanctions. they're condemning them in the strongest possible terms. and they are threatening to redouble their efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction. nuclear warheads and the missals that could deliver them to the mainland u.s. adding fuel to the fire on the peninsula here, this new show of force by the united states and south korea. these live fire drills where you saw artillery and tanks and aerial support all an attempt by the united states and its south korean ally to show north korea that in the event of an actual war, they would have the tactical upper hand. when you're dealing with a north korean leader kim jong-un with an increasingly sophisticated n

i want to bring in cnn's will ripley, just back from his 15th trip to north korea.e's joining us on the phone from tokyo right now. will, certainly you were waiting for this kind of a missile test to unfold? >> reporter: we were, wolf. and we just flew out yesterday morning from the pyongyang airport which is believed to be the launch site yet again for the missile that flew over japan. remember, north korea launches their missile that flew over hokkaido also from the airport area. this is where all of the commercial flights come in to north korea but we also saw that it was for military purposes, which is they are launching from their capital shows that they can launch missiles with the mobi mobile missile launchers from anywhere, even high-populated areas. it's almost like de ja vu. people were waking up with j-alerts as a warning that the missile had passed and the missile likely passed over hurrica hokkaido and you have people here in japan frightened once again possibly with messages on their phone that a north korean missile is flying overhead. this is the fir

ripley, thank you very much for that. i do appreciate it. >>> the trump administration says enough with the talk on north korea. but really, that's all we've heard. does the regime's claim of an h-bomb test force the u.s. to act? that is the question, and one man who has weighed these types of decisions inside the white house will join me next. day 13. if only this were as easy as saving $600 when you switch to progressive. winds stirring. too treacherous for a selfie. [ camera shutter clicks ] sure, i've taken discounts to new heights with safe driver and paperless billing. but the prize at the top is worth every last breath. here we go. [ grunts ] got 'em. ahh. wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? [ crying ] why! wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? super-cool notebooks, done. that's mom taking care of business. and with the "25 cent event", office depot officemax takes care of mom! now, all this just 25 cents each! ♪ taking care of business for tech advice. dell small business advisor with one phone call, i get products

i want to bring in will ripley. he's live in tokyo, fresh off its 15th trip to pyongyang.is threat of a military option? >> well, they're trying to demonstrate united states, south korea and japan, that they say they're not afraid of the threat of a preemptive attack. they think that the u.s. would make a big mistake to underestimate their military cape t ableties. that's why they continue to test these missiles. this is the one you just saw firing off. they've flown it twice over the northern japanese island of hokkaido. to hear kim jong-un saying he wanting all missile tests to be like this one certainly wouldn't be welcome news for people here in japan, but now for the second time in two week, heard air raid sirens and received emergency messages on their phone. another concern is that if kim were to point this missile in a southerly trajectory, it would have overshot the u.s. territory of guam, in other words, north korea demonstrating they have the capability to fire missiles which president trump stated would cross a red line for him and the u.s. >> now, you've been

and also with us, cnn's will ripley, just back from north korea. so to the davids, to my right, good to see both of you guys. before we get to it, i think it is really important to talk through some of what nikki hailey and general mcmaster said at the briefing. first, just on the missile itself and the trajectory, right? i believe the math is 200 miles farther than say guam. the inference being, it's not just a message from pyongyang to its allies, but also the u.s. territory. not allies, our allies. >> well, i think that kim jong-un is trying to make clear, number one, that he's very ca capable of using the weapons, but he has no intention of getting rid of them. if you look at this from his point of view as irrational, as we tend to talk about him, the only thing that keeps him in power and keeps him relevant is the nuclear weapons capability. because his regime is so atrocious in the way it treats its own people is so atrocious, without the program, there is nothing to keep him propped up and nothing to protect him from an international communi

will ripley is in the north korean capital of pyongyang right now, 15th trip to that city. only western journalist there. how is north korea going to respond to this late breaking development? >> reporter: that's the question we don't know the answer to right now because for several days now south korean intelligence has indicated that north korea is ready at any moment to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile, some thought it would happen over the weekend when they marked a major holiday. their foundation day, it didn't happen. some thought it may happen today in the aftermath of that united nations vote, the toughest round of sanctions ever imposed against north korea just approved unanimously including yes votes from russia and china, but so far north korea hasn't launched anything. we know it's coming based on previous experience with north korea. it's not a matter of if, but when. meanwhile, kim jong-un, the north korean leader, trying to show the world that he will not back down from his nuclear program. in fact, he gave his nuclear scientists and other contrib

territory of guam and others and will ripley is "outfront" on the phone from tokyo who just -- will, you have woken up this morning, just back from your 15th trip to pyongyang. this missile test close to japan. obviously intended to threaten japan. how significant is it? >> it is very significant. and i flew out of the pyongyang airport and the airport area is where north korea is believed to have launched this latest missile. so we were flying out of the airport yesterday and very likely missile preparations are under way. and over japan they are sending a number of messages, that they can launch from highly populated areas and by sending it over hokkaido. and they are warning them to seek shelter and you'll have to forgive the traffic noise and you also have potentially air raid sirens. it's a really frightening scenario for japanese citizens who once again have to face the possibility of north korean missiles threatening them and that's why you see for the first time since world war ii people have missile drills. children are going to school, being told what to do in the event of

cnn's will ripley is in tokyo, one of the only western journalists to spend significant time inside north korea. will, you just returned from pyongyang yesterday. your 14th trip. what do you think this test means? >> reporter: well, this test is sending a very strong message to the united states and the trump administration, dana. it is a message of defiance and it is a message that north korea will not back down. that was the message that was reiterated to us repeatedly when we were meeting with government officials in pyongyang all last week. the north koreans continue to be furious over a number of things. they're furious about the joint military drills regularly scheduled that wrapped up last week, two-week drills that the united states and south korea engage in every year and every year the regime is infuriated by that. they've launched their intermediate range missile over hokkaido, japan's northern island. when the u.s. conducted a missile intercept test when they were bombing drills in north korea and the resusouth korean of force, north korea decided to act. initially putting out

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we begin with will ripley live in tokyo. will, you just completed your 14th trip to north korea. there have been a flurry of developments in the last few hours. >> reporter: a lot of fast-moving developments here and things are not at the moment headed in the right direction, john. you have reports from south korea they are observing significant activity on the north side possibly rolling an icbm toward the north korean coast. this is a launch site that could send a missile on a trajectory over japan, where i am or it could send a missile south. kim jong-un threatened to launch missiles using the pacific as its new target specifically perhaps the u.s. territory of guam. they haven't done so yet but they haven't ruled out that possibility. meanwhile the new remarks from russian president vladimir putin significant because later this week in fact tomorrow he is set to host an economic forum in vladivost vladivostok, russia, noticeably absent china and the u.s., setting the stage for putin to play the role of peacemaker and saying everything the north koreans want to hear, the swait

will ripley, thank you very much. let's get more on all of this with the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee senator of maryland jim cardin. how much of a advancement is this of north korea what we saw with this test? >> well, jim, first, it's good to be with you. north korea is very dangerous what they're doing. there's no question about it. they're trying to refine their capacity not only to develop a nuclear weapon, but to be able to deliver a nuclear weapon against the u.s. and against the west. it's a very dangerous situation. but what we need is to change the calculation and to change the calculation, the united states needs to be a more aggressive leader with our regional partners in this, including china and hopefully also russia. that's the only way i think we can get north korea to really take a change in attitude towards their current program. so, what we need is really a surge in diplomacy. we have not seen that from the trump administration. >> yeah, how does that surge of diplomacy h

as armida ripley center kim barker from the "new york times" who has tremendous experience reporting from afghanistan and pakistan and his ex about also come all of you on the taliban shuffle, strange days in afghanistan and pakistan. so with a limited over. >> thanks very much running us all here today. i'm excited to talk to these folks and it will open it up to questions from the audience. can anybody hear me? if anybody has any problem hearing anybody here, just raise your hand and will try to adjust that. i just want to start to get right to it and ask everybody on the panel about what they think the strategy of various terrorist groups is going to be in the future. you have the conventional wisdom that isis that against the ropes, that al-qaeda is completely irrelevant and i just want all of you to talk about this. we can start from my left, hassan. >> thank you for having me here. i think the strategy going forward is a sting strategy that for a while. both of them obviously, they don't see eye to eye on many things, but one thing the agree on is this idea that the little thin

doesn't think we have to come out to community anymore or minutes before the closure artie's ripley video agency managed to film inside the building and as you can see here more or less everything has been cleared out leaving just empty shelves and car doors the diplomatic staff were given very short notice to leave the site just thirty six hours. the state department says that the searches are legal hugging that diplomatic immunity was lost following the closure however the vienna convention states that immunity remains in place until diplomatic staff leave the country vienna convention on diplomatic relations article twenty two point one the premises of the mission shall be inviolable the agents of the receiving states may not enter them except with the consent of the head of the mission. article thirty nine point two when the functions of a person enjoying privileges and immunities have come to an end such privileges and immunities shall normally cease at the moment when he leaves the country. earlier i spoke to jack rasmussen professor of political economy at st mary's college he call

are to ripley video agency has filmed the site of the recent u.s. airstrike in afghanistan let's take a look a household in cobol was hit when an american missile reportedly model function a number of civilians were injured as a result here's how witnesses describe the tragic incident i was praying in my house and when i saw american helicopters i told my wife and children to save themselves after that i just heard a big sound and then my house was destroyed six people wounded including women and children my house was two kilometers away from the accident and there is no taliban or days here. many children and women were injured our house is two kilometers away from the bomb saved you can see the rocket was a sixty kilogram and they destroyed our house and killed our family members why americans are killing our women and children every day in afghanistan and then just saying sorry it was a mistake the u.s. strike was called in to suppress an earlier terrorist attack in the afghan capital . several mortar rounds struck the ball international airport

hets go to straight to our will ripley. >> this was one of the hardest reports i've ever had to give. with warmbier's parents. at the time, they had no idea about their son's deny. but this reunion is not the happy union tha his family had been hoping for as recentl as a wee ago because that is when they learned, according to a family statement, that otto warmbier has been in a coma since march of 2016. in june of 2017, he returned to his hometown near cincinnati, ohio, in a vegetative state. otto warmbier died six days later. he was 22. as i'm writing this, at least three other americans remain in north korean custody. the state department has since banned most u.s. citizens from traveling here. the stakes have never been higher. oh, you brought butch. yeah! (butch growls at man) he's looking at me right now, isn't he? yup. (butch barks at man) butch is like an old soul that just hates my guts. (laughs) (vo) you can never have too many faithful companions. introducing the all-new crosstrek. love is out there. find it in a subaru crosstrek. t-mobile's unlimited now includes netflix on