thising of north korea, story today in the washington post about a video that was released by north korea yesterday. an anti-u.s. propaganda video where in it, the north koreans say the enemy to be destroyed is in our sites. the video comes at this particular time. this week, north korea conducted large-scale artillery drills showing off conventional weaponry that could easily reach seoul. president trump who has been urging china to apply pressure on north korea, has warned that the administration will act in beijing doesn't. robin in texas -- excuse me, don in texas. caller: let us consider where we are with north korea. after bill clinton got emissary, he sent an over there. jimmy carty -- jimmy carter went over there and gave them all of this nuclear technology and a whole bunch of u.s. dollars. that is why they are armed with these nuclear devices. that is how we find ourselves in this position. think very much for allowing me to comment. in louisiana. hi, donna. caller: good morning. the first 100 days in mr. trump -- wow, sounds like a testosterone contest out there and it worries

because china is north korea's largest trading partner and because it shielded north korea from harsher sanctions in the past, washington tends to think that china can deliver a deal on north korea. what i think the new administration really needs to focus on is working with china to enforce the sanctions on the books and coming up with a joint strategy for talks. that should include an effort to try and freeze north korea's nuclear and missile programs and put something on the table as a benefit for north korea if it's willing to take those steps. >> when you listen to water cooler talk among my friends and family, here's what scares people. north korea is believed to be developing a long-range missile that can hit the u.s. with kim saying he could test launch one at any time. what is the real timeline for north korea to develop a weapon like this? >> north korea has taken actions over the past years to expand its ballistic missile capabilities but it's still very far from having a missile with a range long enough to target the united states. right now it's unlikely they could even rea

due to north korea's nuclear missile provocations. vice presidents visit shows the stance of the new administration . as such, i believe that vice president pence's visit is timely and meaningful. kyo-ahn: [speaking foreign language] translator: today, the vice president and i shared the view that through cooperation and collaboration, the u.s. alliance has grown into a indispensable linchpin for a successful strategic alliance that will allow us to resolve global challenges. we have reconfirmed our unwavering will to continue to make our alliance even stronger. hwang: [speaking foreign language] translator: 10 days ago, on april 10, i spoke with president trump about ways to work together going forward. today, with vice president pence, we understand the gravity and urgency of north korea's missile threat. we will double our threats to further tighten the global pressure on north korea. we will thoroughly implement sanctions on the unwavering principle of denying north korea their weapons. foreign[speaking language] translator: furth

this is how north korea operates. narrator: recent satellite imagery analyzed by amnesty international shows that since kim jong un came to power, the political prison camps have grown. 200,000 civilians who are outside of the criminal penal system. one of the camps, hwasong, is 540 square kilometers, three times the size of washington, d.c. narrator: it's estimated that as many as one in 100 north koreans is a political prisoner, many of whom were caught trying to defect. still, several thousand north koreans try to escape through china each year. lee, the former street kid, fled when he was 18. (translated): i was very scared, but i thought, "it's better to die than live like an insect." before i left, i prepared a little bit of food. i roasted some beans. i ate little bits of that as i went on my way. i went to the top of the mountains to see where the guards were positioned. then at night, i crossed the river when nobody was watching. i crossed the river alone and made it into china. i used the sun to get my direc

in north korea and the news this hour is that we are hearing north korea with a missile test. it was expected that something may happen on this weekend. this weekend of the 105th anniversary of the founder of north korea kim il-sun. the assessment is that the failed launch was not an icbm. this was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. this was not a missile at least what we're hearing at the moment that was capable of reaching the united states. this question of whether it can hit the

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high alert, north korea. reporting from seoul, south korea, co-anchor martha raddatz. >> hello, from seoul, south korea. it's evening here in the city of 10 million people. on high alert on a weekend of escalating tensions. hours ago, yet another north korean missile launch. the fifth of 2017. this time, it blew up seconds after leaving the launch pad. u.s. officials believe it was likely a medium-range ballistic missile, the kind we have seen before. still, the latest launch rattled nerves, especially after the sudden appearance saturday of what could be new long-range weapons at north korea's big anniversary parade. canisters that appear large enough to house a missile capable of hitting the united states. you can see them there rolling past north korean leader kim jong-un. green camo on huge transporters. if he, indeed, has a missile big enough to reach the united states, and if he can make a war head small enough to fit on it, will the u.s. be forced to respond? this hour, all the angles on the most impor

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vice president arrives in seoul, south korea, just hours after north korea test fires another missile. we'll have live reports from the region, including pyongyang. >>> and reaction to that failed missile launch from major powers with a great deal at stake on the korean peninsula. >>> >>>s >>> also, we'll go live to turkey where voters vote on a new constitution. >>> welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm ivan watson in hong kong. >> i'm george howell in tat cnn headquarters in atlanta. >> and i'm natalie allen. >>> let's start the program. u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in south korea a short time ago. his plane landed in seoul just hours after the latest provocation from pyongyang, north korea. early sunday, the regime of kim jong-un tried but failed to test another missile. south korean officials say the launch attempt was made from the port city of sinpo on the east coast. a u.s. official says the land-based rocket malfunctioned almost immediately and exploded. cnn correspondents are covering these developments all across asia. alexandra field is live in seoul. matt

let's return to the north korea story. president trump's national security advisor has said an international consensus against what he called north korea's threatening behaviour now includes china. well, let's go live now to john everard, former british ambassador to north korea, who is in poynton this evening. let's concentrate on the north korea situation, what bearing does this failed missile test have on what might happen next? that depends entirely on what the chinese think is going on. the chinese last week indicated clearly that had he gone for a nuclear test, they would have supported sanctions against north korea through the security council, including perhaps cutting off north korea's oil supply, which would have been a terrible blow. what we don't know is where the chinese are going to ranka know is where the chinese are going to rank a missile test, a provocative test, but a failed test. we have to exercise caution over the american assertion that they are working with the chinese on solutions. this is not the

north korea is a serial proliver ratetor. every weapon they've developed they've sold. >> and it's nonstate actors obtaining nuclear weapons for whom deterrence would not work. >> that's absolutely correct. and the second concern is because if deterrence holds at the nuclear rung of the ladder, there's also the possibility that north korea will feel united states is deterred there for it can coerce more at the conventional level, something that's known as the stability, instability paradox. and so there's a lot of concern that north korea even if it's deterred will actually feel like it has more tlons take actions. >> you all have testified about the consequences of some kind of preemptive strike in terms of -- and i think it's important to reels realize that seoul ises about as far from the dmz as we are from baltimore. we're not talking about nuclear strike, we're talking about artillery. but let me ask the question another way and perhaps this is best addressed to the intelligence community but you may have views. could we

in china and the leadership in north korea? is it a good relationship or icy one? >> it's not as close as some people might think. the current leader kim jong-un has not made the trips to china as the other leaders, his father, kim jong-il had been there a bit. i was chasing him around trying to get a glimpse of kim jong-il myself. there haven't been that many visits and the economic relationship with south korea is far, far, far more important to china. >> china's economic relationship with south korea. >> it's a huge trading partner. south korea biggest trading partner and the trade between south korea and china is about 30, 40 times greater and this the trade between china and north korea. it's just an order of magnitude, many order of magnitude larger so it's a complex relationship. >> so you bring up south korea, vice president mike pence making the trip to south korea, how important are they to this whole equation? >> south korea is obviously very important. i think it's very notable that in seoul you don't see people pan

strike north korea? the country is preparing to celebrate the day of the sun, the 105th day of the country's founder and current leader kim jong-un's grandfather. those celebrations are traditionally marked with a show of force, and in a new interview, north korea's vice foreign minister warning president trump, telling the a.p., we will go to war if they choose. those comments after nbc news exclusively reported the u.s. is prepared to launch a strike against north korea if that country ask on the brink of yet another nuclear test. satellite imagery suggests north korea is preparing for its 6th test at the same site as the first five. and the u.s. navy has sent the aircraft carrier uss carl vinson to the waters off korea. all this after the u.s. dropped i i its largest noucle bomb on forces in afghanistan. afghanistan defense ministry said it killed 36 isis members, but no civilians were hurt. let's go our panel. retired four star general barry mccaffery, nbc news chief richard engel, courtney can you b

with the north korea situation, also attacking the media yet a gun. protesters over the country demand that he would release his tax returns. our next guest stated that transparency in the trump administration is crucial to the president's future success. and one step closer to dictatorship, turkey's president succeeds in grabbing more power. and opposition groups hope that they can stop him, is he already too powerful to rein in? group: surprise! karim: i see the future is really bright for me. the high school diploma has just added to the confidence and now i feel unstoppable. narrator: find free adult education classes near you at finishyourdiploma.org. ♪ >> jon: president trump going after the media yet again. accusing news outlets of biased coverage. the president tweeted, the fake media, not real media have gotten even worse since the election. every story is badly slanted. we have to hold them to the truth. this comes after protesters across the country demanded that mr. trump release his tax returns. >> he now says that this white house is n

north korea tested nukes as recently as last year. president obama didn't take a lot of action on that. it seems president trump will be more aggressive in dealing with kim jong-un. do you think that is a good move? >> that is the big question. i think that is a question a lot of americans will ask themselv themselves. i see him just like his father, really big baby. if you pay them attention they will do provocative things. if you leave them alone and ignore them, they won't get much done. over the past eight years, we saw president that said listen, we will not engage north koreans. we will do our best to curtail them but we will not even have conversations about them. donald trump is taking the opposite approach. where there's rumor of a strike, we will have to wait to see if that happens, but this idea of trying to play around with the north koreans in this stage is not a good idea, unless china is at the table and willing to be a player in whatever we negotiate. >> i think it's a tricky situation dealing with, as john mccain said

act alone on north korea? >> military threat from pyongyang clearly at the tonip the president's agenda. today, president trump meets with egypt's president and jordan's king. all this over the showdown over the supreme court nominee with the vote this week. it is day 74 of the trump presidency. we have it covered for you with joe johns at the white house. hi, joe. >> reporter: good morning, amimo alisyn. the president meeting this week as the administration takes the most important steps yet on the world stage. meanwhile, playing in the background, questions of collusion with the campaign and the russia investigation. president trump kicking off a critical week of diplomatic talks. hosting egyptian president abdel fattah el sisi at the white house and then a sit down

north korea doesn't have social media. people don't have access to the internet or outside television so everything comes through state-controlled media. what we can expect at some point either today or tomorrow is a triumphant announcement on the state media talking about this and the strength of their country in defiance of what they need feel is intimidation and bull and also it's important to know the united states launched a minute man missile in the last few days. ndia also has lauchbed a missile in the last few days but what north carolina is do of the u.n. security council resolutions. lots to monitor here on the ground here, wolf. >> he's the only western television correspondent in let's bring in our political and military experts. you're a retired -- >> >> will's exactly right. i think this is all timed and done with the unabout the fact that he's going to try to continue to develop these capabilities. i thought secretary tillerson was very strong today. however, i didn't a. so everything what is different is th

they are north korea's only allied. i'm sorry. china. china is north korea's only allied. you know, without china support, they support north korea. they give them 85% of their fuel and food that they could bring about the end of the north korean dictatorship. >> china may push for change but they don't want to destabilize north korea and end north korea and north korea and end up with a low refugee crisis. what can i do here? >> they can threaten to cut off support, but china relies on the united states just as much as north korea relies on china. there are ways that we can pressure china to pressure north korea. if the u.s., for example where to put a tax on chinese imports or make it harder for them to get imports into our country, that would be devastating and they're not going to put their relationship with the u.s. at risk just to please north korea. tribes are degrading relationships with the chinese. a great meeting with the chinese president and i hope to see that -- nicole: at the same time, they do not want the north korean regime to fail because ultimately that

from north korea if provoked by the u.s. but the other sort of thorn in this issue is the fact that the president, the elected president, has been ousted from office, after an impeachment. in the middle of a presidential cycle. the topic of how to deal with north korea is a key election issue. people are looking at the candidates here, seeing what kind of course forward those candidates would advocate. and you have the high-level washington officials, including the vice president, meeting with an acting president, who won't even be in office in a few weeks. it's important to have the conversations. washington will say it's important to have this dialogue. but, yes. the truth is, of courwashingtone dealing with a new leader in a few weeks. >> alexandra is reporting from seoul. we'll have more on the failed missile launch at the top of the hour. >>> first, let's look at other items makes news around the world. >> in the u.s., 20 people have been arrested after fighting break out at duelling protests in berkeley, california. th

. >> north korea is the problem. the problem will be taken care of. >> we're an administration wanting to show a message that there's a new sheriff in town. we don't know, you know, whether we're making maximum effort to settle this peacefully or not. >> we will not relent in our mission to destroy isis in 2017. >> we have given them total authorization and that's what they are doing. >> that does send a message around the world that america's back. >> the trump administration says they will not release the names of people who visit the white house. why? what is the big secret? >> we don't want to go and scare people from being able to come into the white house. >> it's total bs. >>> well, you've made it to saturday. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. north korea is putting the world on notice. for the first time showing off what could be the powerful long-range missiles and as the regime prepares for another nuclear test, tensions are flaring on the peninsula. >> kim jong-un was on hand watching this hug

as you mentioned, china's north korea's only major ally, its only trading partner, really, north korea's lifeline. and china has one message, and that is for everyone to restrain themselves, to try to de-escalate the situation. and they're trying to deliver that message at all levels. chinese president xi jinping spoke to president trump over the weekend. today, china's nationalistic tabloid, a state media outlet, tried to warn north korea from a nuclear test. they said the nuclear test would be the point of no return. now, north korea's already tested a nuclear weapon five times, or conducted five nuclear tests, but they are saying a sixth would be catastrophic because it could just lead to the situation spinning out of control. the paper also warned all parties to exercise restraint and said that the "game of chicken" between washington and pyongyang is at a breaking point. >> well, adriana, we know that north korea likes to schedule provocative acts on anniversaries or near anniversaries. what's going on today? >> reporter: well, today is the 85th anniversary of north korea's army. so

a face-off with north korea. in an exclusive interview with cnn, the vice president, mike pence, he issued a new warning. he was speaking inside the demilitarized zone separating north and south korea, standing just a few feet from north korean soldiers at the time, just a few hours after the north korean regime's failed missile launch. he warned that this white house may not show the restraint of past administrations. >> we're going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience, but we're going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on north korea. our hope is that we can resolve this issue peacefully. >> our dana bash is traveling with the vice president. she is in seoul in south korea. dana. >> reporter: john, it is always tense when anybody visits the dmz here on the korean peninsula, but especially now, especially when the vice president of the united states goes amid all of this saber rattling. >> he said that the era of patience, strategic patience, is over. what doe

north korea is a problem. the problem are be taken care of. >> so, jonathan, what was your reaction when you heard that? >> i don't think it's news. dropping a bomb on a country that we have been bombing regularly going after terrorist groups and taliban fighters, the fact that it's a larger bomb i don't necessarily tie those two things together. now it could be that we're showing the north koreans what we have in terms of our armaments and what we're willing to use. just as they are doing. north korea when they conduct missile tests, part of this is to show this is what we're able to do. we will be able to target bases nearby. we haven't seen evidence of that yet. that's the message they're trying to send when they assassinated kim jong-un's half-brother. a part of that was to show we have vx nerve gas and we're willing to use that. both sides have an interest in showing what they are capable of doing. and with the hope that it actually alleviates the tension and allows people to walk back. >> so, general hur

what does north korea ideally one? i think north korea wa nts to ideally one? i think north korea wants to go to the negotiation table, but i think it wants recognition as a nuclear power. it is not officially recognised as a nuclear power even though it has the capability. that is very important for north korea because south korea does not have nuclear weapons. if north korea and sit down with the us at the negotiating table, ed clancy, having nuclear weapons will allow us to negotiate with the most powerful nation in the world. the trump administration would be able to say that they have sat down with us, both sides would be able to save face. thank you very much for coming in. let's return to those results in tu rkey‘s bitterly in. let's return to those results in turkey's bitterly fought referendum on increasing the powers of the president. let's speak to turkey correspondent, who is in the turkish capital. how close are these results compared with what president erdogan might have wanted ? when president erdogan calders referendum, he wanted a resounding

in north korea that was not the case. north korea that was not the case. north korean diplomats did not really understand what the position of the west was, what we are trying to achieve, why we were trying to convince them that a new killer north korea was not in their own interests and it made for some very interesting sometimes quite confusing discussions. what is your sense of what the balance was between the ruling family and the other influences in london that country, most obviously the military? that is the ultimate challenge for the international community to try to work out. we have never been totally sure, reliably sure, but that kind of relationship. we want them and we are not now. we don't really know who has a serious influence on kim jong un and, in the way that we didn't understand when i was there who had an influence on kimjong—il and how the decision—making process developed. 0ne and how the decision—making process developed. one thing that always struck me was how ill informed, how little the officials that we seem to talk to und

north korea christiane. obviously the president wants help, how does he get president xi to stop or or curb? >> reporter: you have this idea of president trump called on the campaign, china as a currency manipulator and said china has been raping the u.s. economy and now he's got to sit down with president xi for the first time since making those comments and try to get together not just on the economy massively important for both countries, but also on is it existential threat posed by north korea, most analysts believe that north korea is well on its way not to be nuclearized, which is it is, but to be able to develop intercontinental ballistic capability that would reach the united states. how to get to happen, so china is going to want to say to the president that no matter how unpalatable you think it is negotiations are going to be crucial and some experts who advised the bush administration in the past, former clinton secretary of defense have said that no matter how politically difficult it is, the o

policy towards north korea. >> reporter: russia shares a far eastern border with north korea. it has some commercial, financial and educational and even questionable military links to pyongyang. military personnel have attended international arms fairs in russia. so far russia, unlike china, hasn't taken any further punitive measures against north korea following its most recent nuclear tests. a former ambassador to the u.n. who has negotiated with north korea. >> i think russia is trying to have it both ways. they vote for more sanctions in the u.n. security council. the p5. so publicly restraining north korea. put more sanctions when north korea conducts missile tests. but there are reports that russia and north korea have gotten in a tighter relationship. >> reporter: all of this shows it's not just china with leverage in north korea. experts note that russia is shrewdly using its ties to the regime to not only support kim jung-un but to try to have more influence on the outcome of any future russian negotiations. >>> syria's leader dismisses images of atrocity in his count

and north korea is possible. hours later, we see north korea fire this ballistic missile. do you think north korea's actions this evening makes the major conflict that the president warned about as a possibility more likely? >> well, i think they're not fast enough to put a missile launch -- i don't believe they are. i don't know what kind of missile it was. but i don't think they're fast enough to put a missile launch together based on what the president may or may not have said last night. this was probably something they had planned. they could have slowed it down. but they seem to be pretty intent on developing the capability both missile technology as well as nuclear technology. it's a real concern for anyone that knows about the possibilities of them linking a missile to a weaponized atomic device or nuclear device. >> it's believed to have been a failure. has the u.s. used its cyber arsenal to sabotage north korea's missile program? >> well, if i knew that, i couldn't comment. but i don't know. this missile technology business -- i'm not a scientist or a techno-type

what is the real timeline for north korea to develop a weapon like this? >> north korea has taken actions over the past years to expand its ballistic missile capabilities but it's still very far from having a missile with a range long enough to target the united states. right now it's unlikely they could even reach guam. but north korea is taking troubling steps that indicate that it's moving in that direction. that's why a new diplomatic initiative, a new strategy and a new policy targeted at freezing those launches to prevent north korea from developing that capability is what the trump administration really needs to be focused on right now. >> do you have a timeline? is it years, months, decades? how long before they can do something like that? >> well, they are testing rocket

the people of north korea, the military of north korea should not mistake the result of the united states of america. we stand with our ally. the alliance between south korea and the united states is ironclad. we'll -- we will fulfill that allies for the sake of our people and the people of south korea and we will continue to achieve our to shared objective. across this region and across the world. for the denuclearize korean peninsula. >> how is this a different policy that the trump administration is pursuing? believe that you can trust time at this time to follow through? china has often not come through. vice president pence: president trump is very hopeful that china actions necessary to bring about change in policy in north korea. and invent -- and abandonment of its missile program. we are hoping they will use the extraordinary relationship and pressure they have with them to achieve that objective. either china will deal with this problem for the u.s. and our allies well. --h regard to chains, change, we have gone through since we learned of the nuclear weapons on the north korea

sanctions against north korea. we also have no doubt the negotiations must at some point form part of the solution. but first it is reasonable to expect north korea to make verifiable progress towards meeting its obligations to denuclearize the korean peninsula. for as long as pyongyang continues to defy this council, the conditions will not be helpful for resuming the six-party talks or negotiations in any other format. while the most pressing threat is north korea's ballistic missile and nuclear ambitions, we must never forget the horrifying abuse the regime meets out to its own people. as documented in the u.n. commission of inquiry in 2014. this council has discussed human rights in north korea on previous occasions, and there should be no reticence about doing so. the u.k. fully supports the work of the u.n. special human rights of north korea. and the office of the high commissioner for human rights. both of whom perform the crucial task of investigating and recording these violations. britain stands alongsid

convince north korea. that's the direction to go in. but first, the u.s. needs to see some sort of sign. they wouldn't tell us what sorlt of measure they needsed to see, but something like some good faith measure to show that they are step wag from their nuclear program. it certainly doesn't seem with the temperature as it is right now that we're anywhere near that. >> play some sound from dana bash's interview with the vice president at the dmz. we'll get to it in a second, i'm being told. it's thot just the words he used, time for strategic patience is over, all options on the table, but it's the fact that he's stand right there on the dmz. what message to you think that's sending? >> i think that was a clear show of force by the administration as the rhetoric has ratcheted up here. this has come more into the for the american people. pence was measured in his tones. he was saying all options on the table. and it's a fascinating contrast to what he heard this morning from donald trump. >> gotta behave. >

it says a lot about the state of isolation for north korea for so long that you we re north korea for so long that you were the ambassador after a0 years of the suspension of so—called hostilities. what was the atmosphere like when you were serving in pyongyang? the atmosphere was quite tense, quite difficult. it was at the height of another nuclear crisis in that the existence of a second north korean nuclear programme based on enriched uranium was revealed. i can recall lots of conversations with north korean officials, complaining, passing messages from uk ministers, about north korean plans for their nuclear programmes and stressing that in our view the development of a nuclear programme would not be good for the development of north korea. a decade on, what has changed? what has not changed is the north korean‘s strategic objective of developing their own strategic, independent strategic, nuclear capability. the other thing that has not changed is the international community's resolved to try to convince north korea not to pursue that programme. let's pause for a moment becau

korea is as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless north korean regime, it is critical they were guided by a sense of resolve rivaling publicly and diplomatically and militarily. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all opgs -- options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong un to his senses, not to his knees. we are also to challenge the indo pacific with the revenge of china and the revengist russia. china continues a strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarizing this critical international waterway by building bases on seven chinese man-made islands in the disputed groups. despite subsequent chinese assurances at the highest levels that they would not militarize these bases, today they have these facilities that support long-range weapons and placement of radio towers, barracks for their troops. china's militarization of the south china sea is real. i am also not taking my eyes off of russia. they flew bomber missions near alaska. it wa

they also probably don't want north korea to become south korea. if north korea becomes south korea, look at south korea. how wonderful the economic miracle is in south korea. it is too much of a juxtapositi juxtaposition. i believe the president has enough things on the table that are of interest to china where we can get something done to dial back the security threat of north korea. >> what is your guidance on how real people or how much weight people should put in the president'ss suggesti suggestio could go it alone. that could mean preemptive action. >> i don't think he said military action. >> he didn't say it. do you think that should be seen as a suggestion? >> i do. i think at the end of the day, the president is a bold decisive leader. he is sending a message to the chinese and rest of the world. we will deal with this problem. this is a security threat to not only our allies like japan, but to the west coast of the united states. he's the president of the united states. his number one objective and priority is to protect american citize

korea is as north korea itself. in confronting the reckless northeasternan regime, it's critical we're guided by a strong sense of resolve, both privately and publicly, both diplomatically and militarily. as president trump and secretary matris have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong-un to his senses and not to his knees. we're also challenged in the indo asia pacific by an aggressive china. china continues a methodical strategy to control the south china sea. i testified last year that china was militarized in this critical international waterway and the air space above it by building air and naval bases on seven chinese man made islands. despite subsequent chinese assurances at the highest levels that they would not military eyes these bases, today they support long-range weapons and placements, fighter aircraft hangars, red arrow towers and barracks for their troops. china's militarization of the south china sea is real. i'm also not taking my eyes off of russia. which just last w

north korea right now. it turned out that was wrong. i felt misled and i think my constituents were misled as well. what i don't understand is when those comments were made, hal nobody said anything that, hey, this is wrong. this is not correct. had we make sure this doesn't happen again? in a positiono be of having the people in my state think one thing and the reality is something else when we all take a pledge that we will speak truth to power. that we see something that is not correct, we will tell people and let them know. >> i cannot say i am sorry enough. >> i'm not asking you to say you are sorry. >> i responsible for the messaging they came out of that carl vinson issued. at the end of the day we said the carl vinson was leaving singapore and heading to northeast asia. that is where it is today. it is in striking range of north korea if the president were to call on it. that messaging was not done well and that messaging is on me. >> it was. we heard the president and secretary mattis the exercise

china has economic power over north korea and on north korea's border. the chinese will have the lead if trying to alter north korea's behavior. >> bill: a fox poll show a clear majority of americans when asked about military action, they favor it by 53% in dealing with north korea. come back to the major headline this morning, a major, major conflict is the quote from the president. is that considered a threat to pyongyang? >> with the steps we've taken, the thaad system in south korea, work with the south korea and japanese allies to increase their defenses in the area. we're showing north korea we're militarily prepared and we're taking economic actions and sanctions and diplomatic pressure with the chinese to show them we're trying those avenues at well. nobody wants to go to war. we want a stable north korea, we want stability in the peninsula and we don't want nuclear weapons -- >> bill: the iran deal hasn't been ripped up. is that issue off the table? >> not at all. we have had a number of meetings on this in the last couple of days. what the pres

north korea. pence echos secretary of state rex tillerson's words from one month ago today. the era of strategic patience is over. listen to this. >> we seek peace but america always sought peace through strength. the people of north korea should not mistake the resolve of the united states of america. stand with our ally. the alliance between south korea and the united states is ironclad. we will continue to stand strong to achieve our shared objective across this region and across the world of a denuclearized korean peninsula. >> the official message from the trump administration on the failed missile launch. once again the president and his military team are aware of the most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comment. not easing concern over pyongyang's work over ballistic missiles and weapons. north korea showed off new military hardware. for the latest we turn to paula live in seoul south korea where mike pence has strong words indeed for north korea. good morni

is north korea really calling the bluff on the u.s.? >> the administration did do a north korea policy review. they came up with a policy called maximum pressure and engagement. that means we nigtighten the no and much as we can and get north koreans to kapcapitulate. they have no intention of doing that. he's talking a big game and raising expectations and putting the u.s. government's credibility on the line and if they don't do what he says, that's a very dangerous situation that we now have. the second problem is china. it doesn't seem like chinese will put pressure on north korea that we really want them to. then what do we do? will we put pressure on china? how's that going to go? >> by way of his tweet he's reminding china to do that. >> he's trying to give them concessions and using carrots and sticks. in the end, china's agenda in north korea is different than ours. they don't want the same end state. they want to keep the north korean regime in place. that's something the trump administration hasn't wrapped their head around.

of the submarines of north korea and also close to several nuclear sites there in north korea. we have had statements from the defense secretary of the united states fairly straightforward saying that the president and the military team of the united states are aware of north korea's missile launch and saying that president trump will have no further comment. this is all of the reaction based on this test that happened about four hours ago. i do want to go straight to the korean peninsula there in south korea in seoul specifically. janice our correspondent on the ground. what we also understand is that according to a south korean appreciab presidential spokesperson the national security council is convening at the moment about 30 minutes ago. don't know whether it did start on time and whether it finished. what are you hearing about that meeting and that convening and what may come out of it? >> reporter: this is standard operating procedure when there are provocations like this by north korea that south korean officials will gather to assess what it is they know and how can th

and while i've focused on north korea continue to the u.s. must also not lose sight of evolving ballistic missile threats from iran and truly troubling russian and chinese technology advancements in hyper sonic and long-range cruise missiles. so what do we do? first it starts with us bolstering our nation's missile defense. here is what our missile defense looks like today, if you can see this. this the is from the graphic being released today, missile defense 2020, next steps for defending the homeland. again, tom, great work on this. i strongly suggest you read it in its entirety. it's only 120 pages of rocket science and complicated budget speak and wonky 12-letter acronyms. so it's a super quick read. in all seriousness it's a great document. i appreciate the work that went into it. so as you probably know, and i'll do a little bit of bragging here. alaska plays a critical role in our nation's missile defense. i often talk about my state from from a military perspective as constituting three pillars of our nation's national defense. we ar

is building up pressure on north korea. american warships are being redeployed in the korean peninsula. >> after the break, we'll see how they're responding plus despite tension. you'll hear from cnn journalist, the only correspondent, back in a moment. hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool? try zyrtec® it's starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. >>> north korea has reacted to u.s. redeployment to the korean peninsula. government officials tell cnn sending the warships is a provocation by the u.s. >> now, this is not an unusual military move. the u.s. often shows off its military force in the region. the trump administration is now defending its decision to send the strike group. >> it's prudent to do it, isn't it? north korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior. this is a road, regime that is now a nuclear capable regime and president trump agreed that that is unaccep

to deal with north korea, you are not dealing with north korea. you have to deal with iran, pakistan and china. when you have discussions with china of north korea, you have predatory trade practices and south china sea. it is a complicated issue. i don't think they had the time to develop it yet. i think they are trying to look and see china is the key. they are putting pressure on china. i think that is what happened at mar-a-lago. i think xi jinping was standing right next to donald trump. that was a message and as we heard from vice president pence, it was intended for north korea. >> dan a after tha, after that you got with the vice president, he spoke in stronger language at the joint pressor. >> in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. >> dana, that moment in your interview when you said they have the abilities and many believe that b

they need to put pressure on north korea. the only country that can stop north korea is china. and they know that. and i think that you saw when secretary tillerson went to beijing, that was a way of putting pressure. you'll see president trump meet with president xi. and a lot of conversation. and the most important conversation will be how we're going to be dealing with the nonproliferation of north korea. >> if china doesn't cooperate? >> oh, no. they have to cooperate. do we want to see these attacks from north korea? or does china want to do something about it? and this is all about the fact that they need to have action. we're going to continue to put pressure on china to have action. that will be shown in multiple ways. what we're going to do is say, china, you know that you're the only one that's doing this. we appreciate that you stopped coal go into north korea. at some point, we need to see definitive actions by china condemning north korea. president trump has said in the past he views china n economic . >> i think what you have to loo very different roles. they're

and north korea. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about how the president should handle provocations from kim jong un and? go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday and we may use your question on the air. >> chris: president trump sharply escalating his rhetoric on russians role in syria. >> chairman thornberry: if russia didn't go in and back this animal, you wouldn't have a problem right now. >> chris: we will ask our sunday panel about the new chill in relations you're going to be hanging out in here. so if you need anything, text me. do you play? ♪ ♪ use the chase mobile app to send money in just a tap, to friends at more banks then ever before. you got next? chase. helping you master what's now and what's next. >> if you look at what has happened over the last eight weeks and compare that relate to what's happened over the last eight years, we will see there is a tremendous difference. >> chris: president trump highlighting what he says is an end to the micromanaging of the militar

>> let's look at north korea. you know, to threaten preemptive strike has no impact on north korea. if you don't have strategy to back it up, you don't get anywhere. under clinton, they had threats, but they froze his program for the bulk of that administration. as soon as the bush administration stopped talking, that is when the threat continued. it cares only about survival. i think it is a pipe dream. s as for the larger picture, it is president trump trying to put the larger message. not that this is tactical, but he is a different person. president obama dropped 12,000 bombs on syria in the last year. that is not somebody not taking military action. if trump wants to double down, i think we have seen in all of our conflicts that bombing doesn't solve the problems. even major generals talked about this. i'll grant you tactical accomplishment in afghanistan. in terms of the overall policy, bombing alone will not get the job done. >> you should read it for yourself and draw conclusions. general, i appreciate your input. mr. hartung, thank you for being here. >> thank you. >> thank

of north korea without question. this is emerging as the biggest foreign policy challenge at the moment for this administration here. the administration is saying look, strategic patience as they say is running out. they are not going to take the wait and see attitude in their description that the last administration did, but they are hoping that china will step in and ease this threat, but the language on china so different than it was six months ago, even less than that when this president was railing against china. now they are hoping that china will sort of help deal with this threat here, but the white house in fact the president not saying much at all about this, but behind the scenes here at the white house with the vice president, of course, in the region there, they are watching this very very carefully, but again not saying what options are on the table. but clearly as president obama said when he was in his final meeting with this president, north korea is your biggest threat and now they're seeing why. >>