security council resolution. the united kingdom has some of our investor in london condemning in the strongest use this reckless behavior. we will also be redoubling our efforts with partners enforcement of measures to bring the dprk to the right path. increased vigilance is needed. we will continue to encourage partners globally to take effective action to understand, and when necessary, disrupt the dprk's illegal proliferation and other sanctioned activity. we will also work with allies and partners around the world to consider the fullest range of measures to increase diplomatic pressure. the primary responsibility lies with the dprk, but all members of the international community must further strengthen their resolve to enforce existing measures, fully and effectively, without delay. we all search all states to comply with the security council's requirements for reporting on implementation of measures. as the dprk's own statements of defiance make clear, even these steps will probably not be enough. faced wit

resolutions. >> continued unity of the security council in the face of the dprk violations of this councils resolutions is of utmost importance as is the effective implementation of relevant counsel resolutions by all countries. implementation of the sanctions against the dprk remains insufficient and highly inconsistent. we reiterate that all member states must assist us in this regard. mister president, there's no solution on the peninsula. it is an urgent need for redouble efforts to build confidence, to avoid further escalation and take steps to prepare for peaceful diplomatic and comprehensive solutions to the situation on the peninsula and the region. almost contribute to this end and we welcome all initiatives to consider a peaceful comprehensive solution to dialogue. we have risen in recent months and potential mistakes, misunderstanding and miscalculation is high. a regional purity mechanism should be the immediate long-term goal.we remain committed to the nuclear organization of the peninsula and reiterate our solidarity with the neighboring countries and their peopl

security council resolutions. such countries would also like their trade arrangements with the united states. that is not going to happen. on trade changes when countries do not take international security threats seriously. before the path to a peaceful solution is entirely closed, however, there remains more that the international community can and must do diplomatically and economically. in the coming days, we will bring before the security council resolution that raises the international response in a way that is proportionate to north korea's new escalation. i will not tell the resolution -- i will not detail the resolution today, but the options are all known to us. if we identified, the international community can cut off the major sources of hard currency to the north korean regime. we can restrict the flow of oil to the military and weapons program. we can increase maritime restrictions. we can hold senior regime officials accountable. the international community has spoken frequently against the illegal

yet again, the security council's credibility has called into question. indeed, in spite of all sanctions and measures taken against the dprk it has hardly abandon its nuclear ambitions. it has gone as far as questioning the security counsel's credibility regarding its illegal nuclear programs. in this manner, it has continued to flout security council resolutions and appeals meaning the council must take action. we have make continued appeals to the dprk to come back to dialogue. sanctions could go hand-in-hand with dialogue and a discreet manner as mentioned by the various resolutions. by way of conclusion and since there is no military solution to the problem on the korean peninsula, my country would like to reiterate the importance of peace and security in this region. we call for comprehensive peaceful, diplomatic solution to be found. it is for we intend to work with other councilmembers on the drafting of a resolution regarding additional measures that would be appropriate to take. thank you. >> thank you. >> i think the representative for statement

yet again, the security council's credibility has called into question. indeed, in spite of all sanctions and measures taken against the dprk it has hardly abandon its nuclear ambitions. it has gone as far as questioning the security counsel's credibility regarding its illegal nuclear programs. in this manner, it has continued to flout security council resolutions and appeals meaning the council must take action. we have make continued appeals to the dprk to come back to dialogue. sanctions could go hand-in-hand with dialogue and a discreet manner as mentioned by the various resolutions. by way of conclusion and since there is no military solution to the problem on the korean peninsula, my country would like to reiterate the importance of peace and security in this region. we call for comprehensive peaceful, diplomatic solution to be found. it is for we intend to work with other councilmembers on the drafting of a resolution regarding additional measures that would be appropriate to take. thank you. >> thank you. >> i think the representative for statement

security council resolutions. we urge the north korean side to stop taking actions that violate united nations security council resolutions and create the necessary conditions for the resumption of talks. >> the president made it clear he believes china has been saying one thing and doing another. on twitter, pointing fingers. "trade between china and north korea grew almost 40% in the first quarter. so much for china working with us - but we had to give it a try!" at the united nations security council today, the white house was seeking king of fierce combination of north korea's test of and intercontinental ballistic missile. russia's foreign minister warned against broadening the agenda of the meeting. >> translator: we presume the objectives set by the u.n. security council is that the two koreas and their neighbors consist of the denuclearization of the entire korean peninsula and cannot and should not be used as a smokescreen to try to change the regime. >> north korea will be a prime topic. president trump'

while the un security council meets in emergency session,

but you have a say — you can present a case to the security council.or not. i mean, have you done that? no, because, under the rome statute, this is not my mandate. i can only — when a case has already been referred to the icc, then i can make periodical reports to update the un security council on where we are. all right. and what about allegations of torture by us personnel at bagram air base in afghanistan? afghanistan is one of the signatory states to the rome statute and it is member of the icc. would you open formal investigations, for instance? just to be clear, afghanistan is a state party to the rome statute, as signed and ratified, and afghanistan is one of those situations that have been under preliminary examination for some time now before my office. including allegations against us personnel? and we are looking at allegations of all parties who form part of all the warring factions that are in afghanistan. but can i tell you what professor kevin heller from london university's school of oriental and african studies says "the reason this h

the security council is never better. what she is has put on the table and appropriate leash so whether they are able to take would we be prepared to do that. i don't expect any substantial increase. but nothing significant off ultimately. they put out the statement from his military. that north korea had sent out a package of gifts on independence day for the united states. obviously, he is completely unhinged but the fact is that as we look at this missile test we can't control north korea but we can control ourselves what is the biggest mistake that the u.s. could make in the coming weeks. not the way to go we know how we been going but the biggest mistake the u.s. could make. >> to accommodate our short asset attention. >> to accommodate our short asset attention they broke a seven year monitory them. on july the fifth we were in the security council passing the first sanctions revolution. -- resolution. that was 11 years ago. you have the human aspect and then military aspect and showing how barbaric north korea is.

number eleven resolutions of the security council we express our intention with other interested student. to continue efforts to ensure that through dialogue and consultations with. lucian they're. coming up on our chimerica the united states and south korea responded to north korea's latest missile test with a combined military test and a missile or launches of their own we've got reaction from around the globe over the rising tension in the korean peninsula. protests erupted days before the g twenty summit in homburg in germany where u.s. president on a trump and russian president vladimir putin are set to meet on friday and russian forces reported a successful bombing of the self-proclaimed islamic state in syria and iraq this morning all that coming up. good afternoon it is wednesday july fifth poor pm in washington d.c. i'm on your part until you're watching our team america we begin this hour with the growing tensions in the korean peninsula the united nations security council is holding an emergency session over north korea's latest missile launch the emergency meeting comes at th

for too long, the security council has chosen to pretend that the status quo is acceptable for the people of lebanon. it is not. hezbollah's illegal weapons build-up is putting the people of lebanon in great danger. remarkably this council cannot even bring itself it use the word hezbollah in recent resolutions in statements in lebanon. many are happy to name israel time after time. but hezbollah is somehow off limits. it's absurd. worse than that, it's dangerous. the least the american people expect from this council is to acknowledge the obvious threats right in front of us. how can i explain to them that there is a terrorist organization preparing its men and its arsenal for war, but the united nations refuses to even say their name? this must change. we must show hezbollah they cannot get away with illegal weapons. the peacekeeping force in lebanon has an important role to play. the united states support unifil but there is much more the unifil should do to prevent the conflict. it can begin by acknowledging what is happening right under its knows. there are reports of unifil not fulf

so certainly there is concern in the un security council.ssador, nikki haley, you can see the kind of honeymoon that the us and china have had between president trump and president xijinping, had between president trump and president xi jinping, and had between president trump and president xijinping, and that has come to an abrupt end. and the council, she pointed directly to china, saying that china needs to do more and that they were the main trading partner making up 90% of north korea's economic activity. she pointed the finger at china. when she said they would stop trade with those that engage in business with north korea, i think she was really referring to the chinese, there. we go tojapan, we go to japan, now. heavy rain and overflowing rivers in the southern japanese island of kyushu have forced almost 400,000 people to leave their homes. a rare weather front in fukuoka prefecture, caused water surges to inundate homes and roads. forecasters have given a warning that heavy rain over the south will continue through thursday. david

security council following that proposal put forward by russia and china. the question is back tonight what's next how close is the united states to take a military action against north korea and what are the issues or workable to a real solution the messaging by the administration today was clear there are countries that are allowing even encouraging trade with north korea in violation of u.n. security council resolutions such countries would also like to continue their trade or. such countries would also like to continue their trade arrangements with the united states that's not going to happen our attitude on trade changes when countries do not take international security threats seriously yesterday's i.c.b.m. escalation requires an escalated diplomatic and economic response time is short action is required. the world is on notice if we act together we can still prevent a catastrophe and we can rid the world of a grave threat if we fail to act in a serious way there will be a different response the commander of american troops in south korea general vinc

it is very much the reason they would don't want me to bring it up in the security council, but i will continue to do that. that is why we have a decision to make. we will see if they make any proactive changes to the human rights council, and then we will decide whether the u.s. is better to be in it or off of it, but that is the dilemma we are going for. rep. chabot: i agree completely. .et me turn now to korea we have 28,000, approximately, u.s. troops there, and as we all know, they had elections recently and they have a new president, who tends to be more on the left than the previous government was. one of his first acts was to suspend deployment of the fayette missile defense, which i think was a big mistake. but they have put, i think, our troops at risk. said as muchmp recently when he said he didn't feel that our troops or safe there -- were safe there. it would seem to me that we ought to give south korea a choice. they have the choice of having the most sophisticated missile-defense system, the fayette system, to defend them, and to defend our troops. so they get the missil

security council resolutions. what the united states can do is to impose costs on china that are so great that eventually beijing will have to fall into line with us and our friends. >> reporter: we've heard president trump talk about that very thing, john. we now keep an eye on this session of the -- at the u.n., and see whether or not the security council takes any decisive action, or whether russia or china make any decisive comments this afternoon. >> john: rick leventhal, let us know what happens. thanks. secretary of state rex tillerson is calling for global action to stop a global threat, north korea, saying the u.s. would put in stronger measures against the country. it comes at pentagon warns the u.s. is ready to defend itself and its allies anyway it can. rich, what else are state department officials saying? >> reporter: john, so much of the u.s. effort is to push and rely on other nations to try to get north korea to diplomatically and economically isolate it to try to address this issue. in a statemen

and wheels are heard from president moon saying that the un security council must 110w that the un securityhave a fresh security council resolution pushing tighter sanctions against north korea. we have a ready scene this week in the united states, is pushing through a bill which would include tighter sections, particularly on shipping and forced labour inside north korea. basically trying to cut off the streams of funding which are thought to supply pyongyang's nuclear programme. what we are hearing to night out of seoul is a desire by the president for the un to ta ke desire by the president for the un to take a lead and try and get cover sanctions. the big question there is whether china, but even more so russia, will sign up to security council resolutions that tightened sanctions. —— that titan sanctions. —— tighten. earlier, japan's minister for public affairs, shinichi iida gave his reaction. he stressed that pursuing economic sanctions, rather than military options, should be the main focus of the response to north korea. shinzo abe has expressed again and again that the japanese go

security council resolutions. such countries would also like to continue their trade arrangements with the united states. that's not going to happen. time is short. action is required. the world is on notice. >> china and russia, though, have been resistant to putting the clamps on. >> translator: we are against any actions which could lead to an escalation or harboring of antagonism. we call for all interested states to react with strength rather than provocation and war mongering. >> it's no secret why. >> reporter: president trump's challenge is going to be to really get china and russia to help box in north korea, but so far there's basically no leverage because the chinese want to keep north korea exactly the way it is. >> reporter: now china and russia have agreed to work together on the matter, putting out a statement yesterday that was essentially a rebuke of the u.s.'s methods, calling for the u.s. and south korea to stop working together on missile defense and end their joint military exercises. the pent

an urgent meeting of the un security council is taking place.r to the un has delivered a stark warning to north korea. their actions are quickly closing off the possibility for a diplomatic solution. the united states is prepared to use the full range of our capabilities to defend ourselves and our allies. sanctions on qatar from some of the middle east's biggest countries will continue — after the gulf state rejects demands imposed by its neighbours. we're not doing this because we want to hurt qatar, we want to help cat

the un security council is meeting behind closed doors to discuss this claim of a successful test.ortheast asia correspondent has been following these developments. how surprising is this? this is what is feared most by the white house, that these missiles can carry these nuclear warheads that can reach the shores, they believe up to alaska. guest: obviously alaska is not with 1.7ly the target, million square kilometers of land, it would be the continental united dates or the threat of that. isthe ballistic missile classified as traveling 5500 8000.ters, seattle is but north korea yesterday saying its newly developed icbm can reach anywhere in the world. bluster or is it real? we have to wait and see. the timing of the announcement and test is quite interesting because it is the fourth of july isthe united dates and their simmering more boiling u.s.-china tensions after the $1.3 billion arms sale to taiwan and other issues between the two countries. the chinese president talked about the rising negativity of u.s.-china ties, so the timing is quite interesting. the un security counc

russia has a veto on the security council.you're trying to tighten sanctions against north korea, trying to get implementation of it, you need russia on board. that is the urgent crisis. obviously syria is important but it's interesting that he chose only to talk about syria, which suggests maybe they are not going to talk about interference in the elections. maybe they don't think they could get any russia cooperation on north korea, which is disappointing on two fronts. >> you say that president trump has placed himself in a box when it comes to russia. why do you say that? >> well, because right from the start, there was always this puzzle of all the countries in the world, president trump, candidate trump had a nice thing to say about only one country, which is russia. everybody else was always -- you know, had somehow swindled the united states. and so there was this puzzle. and then you get the scandals and now trump is in the situation where he seems to be trapped. he's paralyzed himself. he can't seem to make a concess

sanctions and security council resolutions that permit this. our -- that fervid this. our legislation would require the president to impose certain sanctions on institutions that are making this possible, specifically the financial institutions that clear the transactions that allow businesses to do business with north korea that keeps that regime afloat. our goal is to raise the cost of pursuing this nuclear capability, to a point so i that the regime in north korea will decide it is no longer worth pursuing this. they cannot sustain themselves in the path they are on. the legislation requires the administration to identify the institutions that are in violation of the sanctions regime and it would mandate the imposition of sanctions that make aorce them to simple choice. they can either do business or the united states or do business with any country denominated in dollars, or they can do business with north korea. hard to imagine many institutions would choose the latter. finally, it is our intention this legislation would adopt the model that was recently used in t

security council and enact stronger measures to hold the d.p.r.k. which is north korea, accountable. what is your reaction to that, especially the part where he's saying that if you house guest workers of which we know a number of nations do, right? what's his message here? >> they do. this is something we dealt with under the obama administration, was trying to put sanctions on places where these north korean workers are able to function because that money goes right back to the regime. i'm not really surprised by what i heard in that statement. it certainly is ratcheting up the tension. it is using the state craft to do it. they are obviously using the u.n. security council as the form now to make -- to ratchet up pressure from an international perspective. but, yeah, the aide workers, that's a problem. that is a source of revenue. it is something that president obama tried to deal with as well. this certainly makes it -- i think takes it up a notch in terms of the threat of people complying with this. but it's very, to me, a predictable statement

security council resolutions. such countries are also like to continue their trade arrangements with the united states. that's not going to happen. our attitude on trade changes when countries do not take international security threats seriously. >> reporter: it's interesting to see in there today russia and china aligned in their view, saying that dialogue has to come first. even without preconditions, which the u.s. has been against, saying that you need to be creative in diplomacy, that they're against the kind of rhetoric and stance that the u.s. has put out there. but in response, nikki haley said, well, nothing has been working and that's why it's time to do more. and that if you're going to sit there and not -- sanctions against north korea, then you're holding hands with kim jong-un, jim. >> now, ambassador haley said, as u.s. officials have said for years, that military options remain on the table. how important is that threat? >> reporter: she said that the u.s. is prepared and willing to take its own pat

i congratulate you and your assumption of the security council presidency this month. confident of china's skilled leadership and guidance of this council's important work. i also wish to thank the u.n. special coordinator and special representative of the secretary-general for his briefing to the council this morning. before proceeding, i also a new deep appreciation for bolivia for its wise leadership of the security council in june including its convening of the 20th june meeting of the council and reflect on the 15th -- 50th year of israelis for important occupation and arab lands since 1967. as reflected in the statements made by council members that day, the international consensus is firm and clear. the two state solution on the basis of the 31967 borders remains the central pillar of the just, comprehensive and peaceful solution based on the relevant resolutions the madrid principles and other peace initiative. also clear are the responsibilities of this council. prepare them to act to advance a solution for this conflict which continues to impact international

security council resolution on the d. nuclearization of the korean peninsula that's after south korea and u.s. forces fired missiles into the sea of japan in retaliation for a north korean test missile launch ati's kate partridge has more all of this press conference is to do with the escalation of the situation over the sea of japan so again after of pointed out as you said that the u.n. security council said there must be denuclearized nation of north korea but he was at pains to point out that this should not be a pretext for regime change in north korea by the west he also said that there shouldn't be a means of solving this particular conflict by use of force nor would it be acceptable if there to be any strangulation or suffocation of north korea by economic means either all those other negatives those are things that they didn't want to happen let's go towards a positive things are what change they do want to put forward russia and china have put together a pack of measures that they propose and they're going to pu

we have no laws in the security council. the security council considers taliban, al-qaeda, isis as terrorists organizations. >> rose: so does iran. each one of those four, so does iran. >> yes. but unfortunately u.s. allies. saudi arabia and the united arab elm ritz recognized taliban after 9/11. saudi arabia had supported and ua is united states allies. i don't want to engaged in saudi bashing. i'm talking about the united states accusing iran of supporting terrorism while its own allies have been on the record. now they are exposing each other about who was first in supporting isis and other terrorists organizations. >> rose: let's make sure i have time to raise questions of america. do you believe that saudi arabia supports al-qaeda. do you believe saudi arabia supports -- which has new names now. do you believe saudi arabia supports isis. >> i believe that a lot of saui money -- >> rose: not by the government. >> in fact some of them are in charge of the saudi services. we know al-qaeda when they engaged the soviets was

security council meeting which is scheduled to take place just shortly here in manhattan the security council meeting was called by the united states along with south korea and japan and the meeting is expected to address this recent launch of an i.c.b.m. testing of an i.c.b.m. by north korea and now at this point we've heard words from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that the launch should not be used as a pretext for regime change which could have unpredictable consequences in the region which borders board the both the russian federation and the people's republic of china furthermore russia and china have been firm that they want to demilitarized the korean peninsula they want north korea to end its nuclear tests and it's testing the missiles and they want the united states to end its cooperation with south korea and in carrying out provocative military drills and war games now the meeting at the u.n. security council is expected to take place just shortly furthermore upcoming on friday we have the g twenty summit at the g. twenty summit were supposed to have the mee

so basically the security council is all yearlong. it's typically four days a week. 15 members meet, five of the permanent members, u.k., france, russia, china and us. then you've got the five -- ten elected members that rotate every two weeks. >> wait. four times a week. is that always you? we pick and choose when i should participate, when she should participate but we're always negotiating what is going on at the time. the negotiations are going on all year, and right now we are negotiating the budget. those committee meetings happen separately, a ought like you have and those continue on, and then you have to build relationships and i have to meet 193 ambassadors and you are trying to go and meeting them and they know you are there and you are not ignoring them and they know they are important all while trying to do the d.c. work, which i really do love the policy, so the idea that we can go in and decide how to move as a country in terms of changing the dynamics is important, so the d.c. new york thing is busy but i can do video

and the un security council meets to discuss north korea's latest missile launch. successfully fired its first long-range missile on tuesday. ♪ laura: first, saudi arabia says an embargo on qatar will remain in place after doha rejected a list of demands of its neighbors. saudi arabia, bahrain, the uae and egypt severed ties with qatar last month under allegations the state supports terrorism. cairo andoday in accuse the country of not taking the crisis seriously. our correspondent explained more about the arab country's position. >> there were no concrete developments that emerged from today's meeting between today's boycotting countries. the egyptian foreign minister says the response on monday was very negative, that qatar was not taking the situation seriously, so the boycott will continue until they change their policies. saysaudi foreign minister they will take future steps at the right time. a foreign ministers will take -- will meet in man at an unspecified date. the dispute will be a topic of conversation at the g 20 meetings in hamburg where saudi arabia

security council. our mutual commitment to safeguarding the values at the heart of our alliance, freedom, sovereignty and the rule of law. poland joins the security council at a very critical time. it's a critical time frankly for the world as you see what's going on. not only must we secure nations from the the threat of terrorism, but also confront the threat from north korea. that's what it is. it's a threat. we will confront a very strongly. president duda and my column on nations on this thread and north korea that there are consequences for their very, very bad behavior. we also discussed the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in syria and the need to defeat isis and other terrorist groups are they controlled territory and populations. we have five very hard and powerfully against isis. in fact, we've made tremendous gains far greater than has ever been made with respect to that group. while the cities of raqqa and most noble of the eliminated as murderers and butcheries can we require serious as a

security council resolutions contained many of the elements that you mentioned. but the question has always been chinese enforcement. and i think it is clear that that statement demands that china step up its game and own this problem to a greater extent. than we've seen in the past. >> hagar, nikki haley was in meetings yesterday dealing with this. she already had conversationes with the chinese, now she is doing this. what happens next? >> i think given north korea's provocations, has the united states prepared themselves and thought this is inevitable, so my thoughts is they laid out a very specific set of steps. there is probably a draft resolution. as b as ambassador haley said they would propose. i think the united states might also unilaterally go to secondary sanctions to isolate north korea completely. >> pretty isolated place already. but they are really talking about isolating it. >> right. with 90% trade with china, that needs to be isolated and she called them out on it. >> very convenient that you were here when the security council meeting started.

we have no role on the security council. the security council considers taliban, al qaeda, isis, and the nestor -- as terror organizations. charlie: and so does iran. javad sharif: saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are two of three states which recognize the taliban. the three states recognized taliban before the united states overthrew them after 9/11. saudi arabia and uae were two of those three straits. saudi arabia and uae -- these are u.s. allies. i don't want to engage in saudi bashing, but the united states of terrorism,an and saudi arabia -- who was first in supporting isis and other terrorist organizations? let's i kid ourselves. -- not kid ourselves. you one let me ask thing. you believe that saudi arabia supports al qaeda? do you believe saudi arabia supports al nostrum -- el nost ra? which has new names now? javad sharif: i believe a lot of saudi money went to support these organizations. are tribes of saudi intelligence services. --know that when al qaeda a arch builder and of saudi intelligence services

security council. i think just think that the president's -- what the president needs to try to achieve here is a very, very big lift. he is absolutely sailing into the wind on this one. he didn't lay the groundwork for it with anything that he just said in that press conference, possibly made it harder. >> certainly russia was listening to all these words. julian zelezer, including the purchasing of patriot missiles, the purchasing of natural gas to wean them off of russian oil. the fact that the president won't acknowledge that russia was solely behind the internetference in -- interference in our election. and this, the pointed remarks christine talked about in the prepared part of the statement toward russia about their destabilizing behavior. listen. >> we're working with poland with actions against russia's actions and destabilizing behavior. we're happy for the example poland has set for every member of the nato alliance by being one of the few nations that actually meets its financial obligatio

security council meets in an emergency session today. hena daniels is here with more.d morning. >> reporter: good morning, anne-marie. north korea is suggesting more tests are being prepared as the country tries to perfect a nuclear missile capable of striking anywhere in the u.s. the trump administration now faces the challenge of how to respond to the communist nation's latest provocation. the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting later today to discuss north korea's missile launch tuesday. u.s. officials have confirmed it was, in fact, the nation's first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. analysts say had it been launched at a standard trajectory, it would have carried over 4,000 miles -- far enough to reach alaska. >> not much further than that for the 10,000 miles to reach new york or washington, d.c. >> reporter: u.s. and south korean soldiers fired missiles into south korean waters yesterday in what the army called a demonstration of u.s./south korean solidarity. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime

russia and china are permanent members of the united nations security council, the united nations security council, the bear a big responsibility in dealing with north korea's elastic missile programmes, and as far as china is concerned, 90% of north korea's trade is with china. what is making it possible for north korea to develop its ballistic and nuclear programme is its massive foreign currency revenue. it is critically important. in that regard china can play a far more important role than it is currently doing. do you think they are serious about stopping north korea or not? china's position on north korea nuclear and missile programme is clear, they would never condone north korea becoming a nuclear power. they have been quite explicit about it. china is in a very good position and is serious about declaring north korea becoming about declaring north korea becoming a nuclear power. but it's obvious that the ballistic missiles that have been launched our delivery systems of such weapons. let us know get more on this from washington. what does talk of a military response mean? it coul

we see the security council meeting this afternoon.more the u.n., multilateral institutions can do to curb this from happening? gordon: yes, you look at the last two sets of resolutions, they have humanitarian concern exceptions, which the chinese drive a truck through. those could be eliminated. embargo could be a full on north korea. all sorts of things the u.s. can do but won't do. i think it is up to the u.s. to start, for instance, to make sure the north koreans do not sell missiles to iran, which they are doing. it is not just this administration, it is the two before it, did not stop the arms sales that north korea was engaged in. david: how cohesive is the u.s. policy toward china now? you mention pulling the bank out of the financial system, sanctions, not working with them when it comes to different systems. are these all discrete things happening, are they happening as one broader plan? gordon: last week was coordinated. you start out with prime minister modi from india coming into that was a signal to china. india has some

where the security council is about to hold an emergency meeting on this.lus, a popular automaker planning a major makeover. jonathan hunt, what do you have? reporter: melissa, in just a few short years according to volvo, this, the gas powered engine will be nothing more than a relic. volvo is betting big on electric. i'll tell you exactly how after the break. >> melissa: a fox news alert. 30 minutes from now the security council will hold an emergency meeting at the request of u.s. ambassador nikki haley. the north successful test on monday of a missile that could reach u.s. soil raising global concerns. rick levinthal joins us from live outside the united nations headquarters in new york city. so what can we expect to see this afternoon, rick? >> reporter: melissa, lot of focus on china today here at the u.n. the chinese ambassador because of the normal rotation here, that makes for potentially delicate situation. not only are china and north korea neighbor, but beijing has been accused of providing a little too much support to kim jong-un in the past. i

security council resolutions aren't going to do a thing.e president has said, were going to have to solve the problem ourselves if we can. >> bret: you don't think south korea and japan have a vested interest in china preventing north korea from having a nuclear weapon? to go they do but they don't have the means. only we do. that's why they are clinging to the u.s. alliance and that's why the chinese and the russians want to break it up. it leaves them naked and exposed. the japanese have no alternativ alternative. the south koreans have no alternative because we provide the nuclear umbrella and their security. but we are being exposed as being impotent in doing this because we don't have the means to do it. talk about a military option, i think it sounds fairly empty. >> i think it depends how you are talking about the means. ten years ago, we impounded $23 million from a chinese bank and for about two years, the north koreans were squirming under the pressure. what it requires is not necessarily focus on the means or tactics but a comple

that seems so much more extreme even than babbling about the un security council resolution. when south korea is taking steps that are clearly defensive in nature to protect itself against what everybody agrees is the sanctioned behavior in the context that should cause grave concern by the border neither as well as other nations in the region i have a hard time understanding the sanction and i can't interpret in any light other than a hostile and unhelpful ones who helped me understand that. >> i think your interpretation is perfectly legitimate. we have the same conversation which is the chinese don't believe it is a defensive system, but we've tried to explain we can have a technical conversation and explain exactly why you're wrong but have not come to the same conclusion on that. so, i think that we continue to point out to them that this is a completely unjustified kind of behavior and i think on the reaction to that system i can't explain exactly why they are doing what they are doing but seeing it as unreasonable is perfectly legitimate. >> thank you senator mccain an