thank you very much to our ian lee in seoul. >>> okay. time for your money, "early start" on your money. treasury secretary mnuchin is drafting new sanctions to put economic pressure on north korea. this comes just weeks after the u.n. security council passed its latest rounds -- round of sanctions aiming to kill a billion dollars worth of north korean exports by hitting major industries like coal, iron ore, and seafood. the question is what's left for president trump to go after. curtailing oil shipments to north korea from china is one of the measures the u.s. is seeking. textiles and apparel are also potential target. and taking stronger action against chinese banks is also an option. some experts are warning that by ramping up the pressure on beijing president trump could wind up provoking a chinese backlash against u.s. businesses in the region. >>> now joining us to help break this down is cnn contributor jean li. a global fellow at the wilson center. good morning, jean. >> good morning. >> i want to ask you off the bat, in the wake

north korea south korea is now testing the long range ballistic missiles we'll have the latest from seoul. then the united states senate rejects a bipartisan bill trying to end u.s. involvement in afghanistan and iraq. plus a hurricane or mad claims more lives find out how on was after a fax caused the deaths of six nursing home residents today. it's wednesday september thirteenth four pm in washington d.c. i mean this week and you're watching r.t. america our top story this hour is the ongoing tensions between the u.s. and north korea president donald trump describes the resolution of the united nations security council sanctions against north korea as quote not a big deal however he did say the unanimous vote itself spoke volumes all this comes as the south korean government started testing that long range ballistic missiles artes on your part in pill as in seoul south korea where tensions between the penciler countries are expected to rise. as officials here meet to discuss how to implement the unprecedented sanctions passed by the un security council this week targeting north korea an

is their more concern on the streets of seoul then there has been up streets of seoul then there hashreats from north korea. this is the sixth nuclear test that north korea has conducted. it has conducted more than a dozen missile tests this year. many people here believe that these tests, this ramping up of the nuclear programme by pyongyang, is more for political leveraged than meaning to start a war. these are tests conducted by north korea. it is a ramping up its missile programme. it says it is a defensive technique. its justification is that this is a defence from invasion. it hasn't made claims that it is going to start a war. it is a defensive claim, particularly against the us and south korea. that's what many people in south korea seem to believe as well, that this is not going to result in an actual war. but certainly it worries them that there are strong words and strong action is coming from north korea. thank you very much. a think tank is calling for a rapid increase in two—year university courses, to break the cycle of student debt. earlier today, the vice chancellor

that must generate some measure of concern from seoul. we're not that far away from the dnc. >> yes, secretary mattis said they were going to have a strong response in any threat against south korea, or any ally of the united states. that's the strong talk we expect from the united states when it comes to a threat to an ally. we have heard that president trump's advisors have been saying, you know, when it comes to this breaking off of this free-trade agreement, they say don't do it now. that's what we're hearing from secretary of defense mattis saying, listen, we are with our allies, we're standing united together and if north korea tries anything, we are ready to respond. >>> ian lee, thank you for your reporting. the international watchdog agency -- before we go to vie a vienna, we have a guest joining frus london to talk to us more about how south korea is responding to north korea, not only that but the threat itself, the nuclear threat being posed. we have, as i've been mentioning before, this is what's happening today, north korea

good evening at our morning here in seoul this is the nine things resolution adopted by the u.n. security council concerning north korea is it nuclear and ballistic missile. program since two thousand and six as you mention it includes an outright ban on textile exports and a cap on crude imports to the country both of which will undoubtedly impact beijing considering china sends north korea most of its crude oil and about eighty percent of textile exports from north korea go to china as well additionally the resolution imposes the ban on condensates and natural gas liquids a cap of two million barrels a year on refined oil petroleum products and will limit crude imports to their current levels an earlier version as you mentioned was a little bit more extreme but it was clear china and russia would not go along with a resolution which included an outright embargo oil imports to the country and sanctions which personally targeted north korean leader kim jong un as you can imagine however paean young is not happy about these sanctions releasing a very strongly worded warning before

what is the mood where you are in seoul?vonne: the rhetoric has escalated. -- not even not surprising at this point, pretty much business as usual. morning traffic coming in here, the business district. we continue to hear the south korean military confirming they are conducting live fire exercises along north korea's nuclear test site. president trump as well as south korean president moon had a phone call overnight talking about the latest threats from the north and saying they have agreed pyongyang's nuclear test and violating the sanctions is a great provocation, and they will react with air force as well. we heard from local media that the u.s. joint chiefs of staff spoke with their south korean counterparts to prepare for the military response. some are calling this a potential game changer, the fact we are seeing north korea has developed the capability quite a warhead on the icbm, and the power and force as they mentioned is raising the threat level. raising the threat level by quite a bit. they: and over to you, def

i'm sitting in seoul and there is no water day.tempt to see how they can use these weapons and other capabilities as well. notjust nuclear weapons, but biological weapons, chemical weapons, cyber capabilities, electronic warfare, artillery. a raid against the seoul metropolitan area. north korea has a number of assets they can use. they engage in information operations and may try to undermine the south. it's a dissatisfied regime. they wish to unify career on its terms. they don't like the sanctions regime. they would like to be accepted as a peer nuclear weapons state along with the other states. they leave they are due prestige and respect in they are due prestige and respect in the international community, and we have to ensure that they do not achieve those goals, to overturn the order in east asia. you talk about deterrence having worked so far. the deterrence having worked so far. the deterrence was supposed to stop a lot of the things they've now been doing, wasn't it? if they are doing something, actually, a continuing ope

security council new sanctions with a harsh warning and got the latest on the rising tensions from seoul. then with tensions rising on the korean peninsula we'll discuss how effective these new sanctions will be and what kind of impact will have on the u.s. . plus that many residents of southeastern states are still without power the latest on the damage control happening in florida and surrounding states two days after our muslim. it's tuesday september twelfth four pm in washington d.c. i'm going to sweet and you're watching our america and a unanimous fifteen to zero vote the united nations security council approved a u.s. adopted resolution imposing new sanctions on north korea north korea responded to that action today calling the same shows quote vicious reports also say the nation is vowing revenge and will make the u.s. quote suffer of the greatest pain in its history all this comes as a leader of south korea's opposition party heads to the united states to request tactical nuclear weapons from washington our teams on your part until is in seoul with the latest seoul can't seem t

as usual in seoul and the markets.ing around me, having to work, the morning traffic, as you can see, things look about the same. you do feel a bit of tension as well. we did say one protester on the againstolding one sign the invitation of these said missile symptom -- systems that the resident said he will be deploying. this is a 180 from what we have seen on his presidential campaign. agreed to strengthen their military capabilities as well. i think in terms of the market impact, barring any type of strike, it will be much the same, in need of reactions, it will be pretty short-lived. they: i am looking at where trading is. we are seeing a rebound in the trade. it is up .3%. bitcoin tumbled the most into dr. years -- in two years. they have asked for all fundraising activity to be halted immediately and says there will be harsh punishment for any offerings in the future. 14% on fell by more than monday, the most since january, 2015. the u.s. house of representatives will vote on hurricane harvey relief bills that wo

the distance between north korea and seoul is very, very small.could basically vaporise large parts of the south korean population, even with conventional weapons. here in seoul, a city that is home to tens of millions of people, we are only about 50 kilometres from the border with north korea, and at any given time, a mass of weapons is pointing in this direction. and that is why, rather than take a military route, the international community has been trying to put economic pressure on pyongyang. but that isn't working, either, and the impact of every move kim jong—un makes is felt notjust in the korean peninsula, but also across the sea injapan. the pod under the belly of this japanese air force jet can sniff the airfor radiation. this afternoon, it roared off towards north korea, to do just that. it's less than a week since north korea fired this missile across japan. for prime minister abe, this is becoming an unwelcome routine. translation: together with the us, south korea, china, and russia, japan will take determined action against north k

korean capital seoul north korea's not officially on the agenda but the south is hoping to discuss how to calm regional tension the wife of pakistan's prime minister nawaz sharif has won his parliamentary seat in the byelection in the city of lahore hyder reports. right in the meantime human rights groups say thousands of women have been raped and sexually assaulted during the four year war in south sudan they blame the abuses on government troops of president salva kiir an opposition forces loyal to the former vice president riek machar a catholic priest who was rescued after being held for four months by eisel supporters in the philippines has made his first public appearance was rescued on saturday when the military overran the fighters control center inside a mosque in memoirs city he was taken hostage during the first day of fighting here there in may general motors has announced a recall of more than two and a half million vehicles in china over concerns about airbags made by the japanese giant. and those are the headlines news continues right here on al-jazeera after upfront you

the distance between north korea and seoul is very, very small.y vaporise large parts of the south korean population, even with conventional weapons. here in seoul, we are only about 50 kilometres from the border with north korea, and at any given time, a mass of weapons is pointing in this direction. and that is why, rather than take a military route, the international community has been trying to put economic pressure on pyongyang. but that isn't working, either, and the impact of every move kim jong—un makes is felt notjust in the korean peninsula, but also across the sea injapan. the pod under the belly of this japanese air force jet can sniff the airfor radiation. this afternoon, it roared off towards north korea to do just that. it is less than a week since north korea fired this missile across japan. for prime minister abe, this is becoming an unwelcome routine. translation: together with the us, south korea, china, and russia, japan will take determined action against north korea. north korea may now have tested a nuclear device that is sm

pole is in seoul and brings us the latest. so far today did past and identified. directed towards the east apparently crossing within japanese airspace and in reaction seoul has called for emergency meetings at the u.n. security council and has fired off its own test missiles and her first foreign but i should note this isn't the kind of news which necessarily rattles people the average people here in korea simply because they've been basically in a permanent state of her own with the north since one thousand nine hundred fifty three and the division of korea being more solidified through the korean war and the establishment of a permanent u.s. military presence here in south korea there are fifteen u.s. military bases but it should also be discussed the fact this week there were many escalation leading up to this point we saw unprecedented sanctions passed at the united nations targeting north and north korea is that second largest industry that's of course the textile industry and we also actually witnessed an opposition delegation of lawmakers from seoul in the

ron allen is in seoul, south korea, not too far away. that is the tension that's existed on the peninsula for so many decades. what do we understand and give us an update about this story here at the bottom of the hour. >> obviously there are discussions going on between the south korean government and the united states and japan about what has happened and what to respond. the day continues, i'm sure those discussions will continue and the question is, of course, as we were outlining, what exactly can be done about all of this. it's important to point out that the north koreans want to establish that they have a missile and they can send it in that direction and that that is acceptable, that's a norm, that's a given. of course, all of that is unacceptable to the united states and to south korea and japan. interestingly in terms of negotiating this forward, a lot of folks have said how the trump administration, remember, just a few weeks ago, they were sending all of these very positive signals about how the north koreans, we have respec

>> 14,000 artillery tubes in seoul within seconds of seoul, obviously millions of people living in seoul00 americans living in seoul. >> gordon, how good a chance do you give diplomacy right now? this is the u.n. general assembly, after all. >> i'm very concerned because over the weekend we heard senior administration officials saying the time for diplomacy was over. mcmaster on one of the talk shows said time actually had run out. nikki haley, the u.n. ambassador, basically said the same thing maybe in a little bit softer language. it's really stark how they're talking about how we've got to go to much more coercive option i think that keys into what mattis was saying about military options that don't hold seoul at risk because everyone says, well, we're not going to do anything because of seoul. but mattis is saying, no, we are going to do things. and i think what he's going to do is basically start inspecting north korean ships on the high seas because we don't want the north koreans to sell missile s to iran or chemical weapons to syria. and i think that the administration is going t

perspective on the government in pyongyang i spoke with a member of the national assembly here in seoul that they saw libya. collapse they think they could because they don't have any nuclear weapons. if they have nuclear weapons united states. war has to invade them. especially iraq. because they have nuclear weapons. they think the u.s. has to. say that they're still. thinking despite much talk out of seoul underscoring their commitment to a diplomatic solution this week it was announced by opposition along makers they will include requests for u.s. tactical nukes in their twenty eight thousand budget proposal i asked mr hall if he supported this action and how it would make koreans safer because the weapons they want. they want to have. inside software territory you know i try to. tries to supreme i try and. even thought of china. it's putting. some kind of sanctions i think. we're going to. however they say while they would like more sanctions any additional actions taken against pyongyang will need to include russia and china. i refer to the need for tighter sanctions and belief in

coast successfully hitting a target after going through obstacles at low altitude this comes after seoul and washington additionally reached an agreement to remove the weight limit on a warheads for south korean ballistic missiles meaning tensions on the peninsula are certainly slated to rise now this is just one of the more overt acts south korea takes in order to demonstrate its strength against its neighbor in the north however it's not the only thing it's not the only trick i should say seoul has its leave in fact today i spoke with the former deputy head of the south korean cia to discuss some of the other strategies seoul and washington employ to target the government in pyongyang. do you believe the obama administration's insurance policy which focussed on putting pressure directly on the government in pyongyang was an effective one you know obama policy was characterized in terms of strategic patience. which she was indicative of the desire that north korea will gradually be weakened to its own extinction in due course of time provided that north korea be kept from being resuppli

good morning from seoul. has said it category categorically rejects saying chen's past five united nations security council this week meanwhile officials here in seoul are meeting to discuss how exactly to implement those sanctions and are claiming they're committed to applying economic and diplomatic pressure on the government in the north however despite those comments as you mentioned the south korean military took a more provocative step yesterday for the first time ever successfully testing a long range ballistic missile with the capabilities to hit anywhere in north korea it also reportedly it has stealth capabilities meaning it could in theory pass into north korean territory without being detected now this is one of the more overt ways in which south korea demonstrates its ability to use force against the north however for a different perspective i sat down with the former head of the korean cia yesterday to discuss some of the more covert. waves the south seeks to influence the north and i first aske

a correspondent on a program called reports from seoul. considering this ancient resolution passed by the u.n. security council is the toughest to date concerning north korea's ballistic missile and a nuclear weapons program and is furious before the vote even took place the government issued a very harsh statement warning they will act tough on the quote us gangsters and promised pain and suffering. the fields calming measures to be taken by the d.p. ok he recalls the u.s. the greatest free it's has through its entire history now to get some perspective on the government in pyongyang i spoke with a member of the national assembly here in seoul. libya. for a. call that they think they could because they don't have any nuclear weapons if they have nuclear weapons united states war has a. very special. because they have nuclear weapons do you think. has to be. thinking despite much talk out of seoul underscoring their commitment to a diplomatic solution this week it was announced by opposition lawmakers they will include requests for u.s. ta

on a not so by this week a delegation of opposition lawmakers from seoul will head to washington where they will likely be made. this request for tactical nuclear weapons china is on the record saying such an act would be a red line as there stonily against the presence of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula so if such an action is to be carried out by the trump administration it would surely only inflame tensions further in seoul on your part until r.t. and this from think a diplomatic solution to the crisis is still possible i think that they wanted some action to be taken and they knew that china and i believe also russia would not go along with what the draft was that it was really a recipe for extinction for north korea korea has also said that if there's a peace treaty signed between them and the united states and there's a halt to those maneuvers they would suspend nuclear and missile tests but the united states has brush this off as absolutely unthinkable and so i think that's the real reason that we have an ongoing crisis so you know what you have here is basically nikki h

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what kind of response have we seen from seoul this morning? >> reporter: good morning. we saw those military exercises early in the morning. and what's important about these is south korea says that these were directed toward north korea, saying that these missile telephones were targeting their -- missile tests were targeting their north korean leadership and nuclear infrastructure in the event of a war. a very tough response there. what was used were ballistic missiles as well as advanced air-to-surface missiles fired from an f-15. we're hearing that there could be another test of those advance missiles today. we're also hearing from intelligence agencies saying that the intelligence groups saying that there could be another ballistic missile test by north korea sometime soon before that. south korea, one of their strategies going forward is trying to get the united states, to have a united front with them. that includes asking the united states for advanced weaponry to come to the south korean peninsula. they didn't specify what the weaponry would be. when asked if t

we regularly hear threats to turn seoul into a sea of fire. what happens when those threats start emerging on new york and washington? there will not be much tolerance for its become what we are hearing in a nervous seoul is that the trump administration is a wild card is much as anything else. how the u.s. rain standing and aggressively aggressive kim jong un could affect all. >> bret: greg palkot in seoul, south korea, . up next, a long hot summer keeps dragging on for firefighters out west. we will head there. first with some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 32 in chicago where police say seven people were killed, 35 injured in shootings during the labor day weekend. as hard as it is to believe, that is down from last year. police are crediting a preholiday round up of criminals and troublemakers and an extra 1300 officers on the streets of chicago. fox 29 in philadelphia. a very large sinkhole in king of prussia. police say the approximately 30-foot wide hole caused by a water main. live look at new york f

perspective on the government in pyongyang i spoke with a member of the national assembly here in seoul that they saw libya. euro. collapse they think they could because they don't have any nuclear weapons if they have nuclear weapons united states war has a. very special value. because they have nuclear weapons. has to be. thinking despite much talk out of seoul underscoring their commitment to a diplomatic solution this week it was announced by office ition a lawmaker as they will include requests for u.s. tactical nukes in their twenty eight thousand budget proposal i asked mr hall if he supported this action and how it would make koreans safer because the weapons they want. they want to have. one obstacle you know tries to supreme trying. is putting some kind of it's. going to become somebody this week a delegation of opposition lawmakers from seoul will head to washington where they will likely be made. this request for tactical nuclear weapons china is on the record saying such an act would be a red line as their stand against the presence of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsul

ian lee join me in seoul. ian another day another live fire military drill by the south korean military, this time involving the navy, tell us what happened and the intended message here. >> kristy this message is the one we've been seeing since sixth nuclear test. that has a strong force. can retaliate against the north korean regime in the midst of a war. this time we're seeing the navy carry out these live fire exercises. now we've seen the navy, army and these air force conduct this. we following this phone call between president moon jae and donald trump. they talked about further strength lg the operation between the two countries. they also talked about, lifting the limits on the size of their ballistic missiles that south korea can develop. currently that are at 500 kilograms warheads, they want that to be an unlimited amount. they also talked about buying weapons, billions of dollars of weapons that south korea is going to buy, that would definitely beef up their arsenal. one of thing that have been b

national security council analyst on north korea from seoul by union qualm former south korean foreign minister and from beijing by charles liu a senior fellow at the peking university center on china and global affairs and the founder of how capital thank you all for joining me on this special edition of outfront robert gallucci let me start with you there's been escalating rhetoric from both sides missile tests joint exercises u.n. vote it all seems to be kicking off but how close do you think we actually are to all out war to an armed conflict between the united states and allies and in the d.p. r. k. north korea where i want to say is that we're not close at all but then of course i don't know and i think it's hard for anybody to know when you have leaders in the two countries. kim jong un and president trump who are relatively new to. this deterrence game and i don't mean that flippantly but the dynamic of that interaction you referred to some of their their comments so yes we could have a situation in which there's an escalation in north could do would have threatened to do which

>> quijano: ben tracy in seoul. ben, thanks. late today florida governor rick scott declared a state of emergency ahead of irma. the category four hurricane, with winds of 10mph, -- 130mph, is expected to strengthen tomorrow night as it approaches the eastern caribbean, including antigua and st. martin. hurricane watches are up in puerto rico and the virgin islands. irma may take aim at south florida as early as sunday. more than 50,000 texans who were displaced by hurricane harvey are staying in government-funded hotel rooms. harvey is now blamed for at least 59 deaths. texas governor greg abbott says the total damage could reach all the flooding in an area that's been called "america's chemical coast." omar villafranca has that story. >> reporter: more than a week after harvey raked across southeast texas, our drone footage shows the floodwaters still surrounding the san lorenzo jacinto superfund site where toxic dioxins from an old paper plant could have leaked. sam coleman is with the environmental protection agency. >> this

that somebody this week a delegation of opposition lawmakers from seoul will head to washington where they will likely be made. for tactical nuclear weapons china is on the record saying such an act would be a red line. against the presence of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula so if such an action is to be carried out by the trump administration it would surely only inflame tensions further in seoul on your part until. the syrian army breaking the siege of de vries or islamic state hold over the country is rapidly collapsing only fifteen percent of syria remains under the tyro group's control and that no longer includes any major cities that's according to russia's defense ministry it also says this week alone four hundred fifty terrorists were killed and a hundred and eighty eisel objects including ammunition depots destroyed meanwhile ten tons of humanitarian aid being delivered to the previously. and it seems that u.s. backed kurdish militias are also heading there but from another direction. looks at what's at stake as the two anti terror forces move closer. what has the. am

on north korea as defense chiefs from twenty nine countries meet and seoul. the island nation of samoa battles a fast food culture that makes many of the children obese. and on jury and school teaching children made orphans by poke a hole wrong when the top united nations award. top general has blamed the rush for the violence that sparked the refugee crisis man on healing has accused the minority of trying to build a stronghold in the state he says the military is only targeting armed groups in action by me in mars later on in sochi has been criticized around the world she was supposed to be addressing the u.n. general assembly on tuesday instead she'll be giving a televised speech and her own country the bangladeshi prime minister shake a scene is in her turn chile taking the opportunity at the u.n. to demand more help to deal with the crisis hundreds of thousands of her henschel muslims have fled to her country to escape but the u.n. says is ethnic cleansing hunger chaudhry reports. between bangladesh border you can see the myanmar border right behind me o

how is that being received in seoul? >> yeah, he basically accused president moon of appeasement to north korea. and that derives from early in president moon's administration when he talked softer on north korea, diplomacy, dialogue, wanting to settle their differences that way. but he inherited a different government -- a different atmosphere, a different situation from his predecessor where you had north korea who is defind about their nuclear program. you have donald trump still talking tough. so, we've seen him go from -- president moon go from talking about dialogue to a show of -- a strong show of force. we saw that earlier today when south korea carried out military exercises. they tested ballistic missiles as well as air-to-surface missiles from their f-15s. they said that these tests, these exercises, where to demonstrate they could go after the region of north korea where their nuclear program is based. they also said these tests were designed to show they could go after the north korean leadership. you are he

millions of people living in seoul, 2 hundred,000 american expats living in seoul. >> gordon, how good a chance do you give diplomacy right now? this is u.n. general assembly at all. >> aim very concerned because over the weekend we heard the time for diplomacy was over. mcmaster on one of the talk shows said time actually had run out. nikki haley basically said the same thing, maybe in a little bit softer language. but it's fairly stark talking how we've fwot to go to much more coercive options. i think that keys in to what mattis was saying. everyone says well, we're not going to do anything because of seoul but mattis is saying, no, we are going to do thing. i think what he's going to do is basically start inspecting north korean ships on the high seas. and i think that the administration is going to start to look at that and actually interdict these shipments. >> what's our threshold on a launch? if a missile comes out of there next week that is a few more degrees closer to guam or a few more degrees closer to the center of japan, is are we calling these on the fly like the flip of

we have seen a show of force coming from seoul in particular.ight now, i think it is more of a wait and see approach. we have not heard a lot coming from the north as well as from the south korean intelligence officials. they have not put a time frame on when that date will be. the key september 9, this saturday. it is the founder stay in north korea. also, october 10 is another key date intelligence officials are watching for. that is the ruling party's establishment day as well. betty: thank you so much, yvonne seoul. and alex joining us as well. equity futures are up and running now in the first few moments of trading. very thin volume. down about .3%. building on the declines we saw yesterday after the north korean headlines. you can see the safety trade well in place. the yen strengthening against the dollar. end goal futures continue to move higher, they are up over .5% to 1330. haidi: absolutely. it has been quite orderly so far. we will see what the session for asia has in store. lower off bypening about .1%. australia, going into the rb

despite much talk out of seoul underscoring their commitment to a diplomatic solution this week it was announced by office along makers they will include requests for u.s. tactical nukes in their twenty eight budget proposal however they say while they would like more sanctions any additional actions taken against pyongyang will need to include russia and china. i refer to the need for tighter sanctions and belief in the china and russia are sticking to the same position but what concrete measures need to be taken we must discuss together. this week a delegation of opposition lawmakers from seoul will head to washington where they will likely make this request for tactical nuclear weapons china is on the record saying such an act would be a red line. against the presence of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula so if such an action is to be carried out by the trump administration it would surely only inflame tensions further in seoul on your part until. a huge trove of blank syrian passports has been stolen from the government. fold into the hands of islamic state. terrorists. to eur

let's get more from our correspondent jason strother who joins us from the south korean capital seoul welcome jason so we've had north korean missile launches over japan now u.s. bombers close to north korea this is gone from rhetoric to signs of action how is that tension being perceived there. all right phil well the south korean government is standing behind the u.s. is a fly over. in international waters off north korea's east coast of course south korea and the u.s. . have been allies for many decades ever since the korean war and. while i'm sure the fly over has not gone over well in beijing i believe here in seoul as well as in tokyo it's been welcomed just give us an idea of how big a daily it is as you say in international waters. right phil according to the pentagon this is the first time this century that new u.s. military aircraft fighter jets bombers have flown that north of the d.m.z. even a broch obama flew stealth bombers here to south korea but they always stayed below the intercranial border but this is something different yesterday we had reports of a minor quake ne

that there is some difference between washington and seoul. brooke? >> south korea a key ally of the u.s., simply calling them appeasers, paula hancock is in seoul. thank you. >>> let's broaden out the conversation. jimmy mettle is with me, he worked on the national security council during the clinton administration, and also retired brigadier general anthony taita, and also a security correspondent at the "new york times." gentlemen, thank you all so many for coming in. it's such an important conversation, beginning, general, with this bomb itself. it's pyongyang, think claims this was the successful test of a hydrogen bomb, could be strapped, they say to an icbm, eight times and power much as hiroshima. tell me what more we need to know. >> i think we know what we need to know. the ability of north korea to fire intercontinental ballistic missiles, and to put a nuclear warhead on it. they have said this is what want to do. weft a strategy that really has two underlying principles. one is to have an international order based on the rule of la

that didn't go unnoticed in seoul.ation they did come to some agreement as far as further military operation and as you pointed out earlier, limiting the limit on the payload that the ballistic missiles can carry from south korea, also talking about billions of dollars of weapons and equipment. the one big question, though, as well is, will south korea allow american nuclear weapons to be placed on their soil? we heard from the defense minister saying he's willing to consider that as an option, although the president's administration, their office said right now they're still committed to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula. >> that's right. and that debate is under way. now, from ian, let's go to alexander field standing by in tokyo. it's interesting because today we saw that second day of the show of force of south korea. visually we haven't seen that kind of response from japan. why is that and what options does tokyo have? >> right. the only real visual move you have seen from tokyo in response to that six