of the korean peninsula. both of our two countries put forward a roadmap for resolving this issue, which is based respectively on china's idea of a new approach which calls for parallel efforts while moving forward both the de-nuclearization of the peninsula and establishing a piece mechanism, and the initiative for suspension which calls for dprk's suspension of its nuclear and missile russia's step by step approach. this china/russia joint initiative is realistic and achievable. the veins of tackling both the symptoms and root causes of the problem, and seeking a solution through an integrated approach. we hope that this initiative will get response and support from relevant parties. that the taken note united states has recently indicated once again that it is not seeking a regime change, nor a regime collapse in the dprk, and it is in no hurry to push for reunification of the peninsula, and that its troops will not push through the 38th parallel. it is our hope that the u.s. -- willld translate translate

russia -- issued a joint statement on the issue of the korean peninsula. both of our two countries put forward a roadmap to resolve --s issue on shyness suspension for suspension, for nuclear missile activity. a lot of military scale exercises and russia's excessive approach. this china-russia joint initiative is critical. it aims at tackling both symptoms as veteran causes of the problem and is seeking a solution. we hope this will get a response to support here. china has taken notes from the united states -- a recently indicated again that it's not seeking regime change. >> this will not push through the 38th parallel. it is our hope that there will be a translation -- politics toward the dprk. the upper peninsula is not -- in the interest of reauthorizing -- denuclearization here. deployments of the fad system -- will not bring a resolution to this nuclear testing and missile launching. what it will do is seriously undermine the balance of the sentimental slick -- security interest of countries and china. china strongly has its concerns to halt the pro

that is in order to normalize the situation in the korean peninsula. there is a new approach with both an end to the dpr k missile test and an abandonment of military infrastructure built up including the fad system, the exercises being conducted, there is an urgent need to create an trust among the states in the region and create an architecture security in northeast asia. the roadmap for settling the host of issues between the korean peninsula can be constituted by the joint russian and chinese ideas they were advanced including the joints statement for july. once again, we have categorically reject military solutions to settlements of the crampton for, political tools must be leveraged. we are pleased with the fact that this is the approach that has been trying in the presidential statement that has just been adopted. thank you >> president trump also tweeting about north korea, the u.s. has been talking to north korea, paying them extortion money for 25 years. talking is not the answer. the president is in route to a kickoff for tax reform. we will

our goal remains a stable korean peninsula, at peace, without nuclear weapons. we want only security and prosperity for all nations, including north korea. until then, this resolution andn prior ones will be implemented, to the fullest to maximize pressure on north korea to change its ways. today is a good day at the united nations. we will need many more such days in order to peacefully resolve the crisis that has been created by north korea's dangerous andd illegal actions.s. as i've said before, time is short. but today we have taken one step in the right direction. thank you, again, to my colleagues and their teams forai their action and support towards sending a strong message to the north korean regime. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i would like to thank the representative of u.s. states of america and i now givr the floor to the representative of the united kingdom. >> thank you, mr. president. north korea is no longer a threat faced by a single country or a single region. it is instead a threat that confronts us all. these two tests in the l

peninsula only the republic of korea can make the decision for military action on the korean peninsula without the consent of the republic of korea no country can decide to take military action the united states which was the first to bring numerous strategic nuclear equipment near to us should first make the right decision and show through actions if they wish to ease tensions on the korean peninsula and prevent a dangerous military clash. earlier thoughtlessness protested in so will against the united states the point of the missile defense system in their country the calls for deescalation on the peninsula are at all what the american president's words however only days ago he tweeted that military solutions are now fully in place locked and loaded and donald trump is not the sole figure in washington either sounding hawkish. the threat from north korea not only to the united states but to the world is very very clear this is an accidental threat to the united states we were a superpower we all high powered so the message is very clear. this white house. alison evans an expert on no

the united states needs its approval for any military action on the korean peninsula as the north tones down its threatening language. on google is accused of censorship after its automated trucker system skews searches on the leads videos from journalists groups on you tube. live from our international news center in moscow this is our names you know not only a welcome to the program our top story further protests over confederate statues have turned violent in the u.s. some say they have racist pro-slavery overtones on monday just two days after a unite the rights rally turned deadly in virginia demonstrators destroyed a monument in north carolina. i. plus you can see here people gathered outside a courthouse in durham to topple a near century old statue of a confederate soldier some climbed on top of it while others pulled the to the ground using a rope they. heard shouting we are the revolution and call for an end to fascism in the us. i swear the mare of lexington in kentucky says he will push to move to confederates not used to the skirts of the city the mayor of baltimore reveale

peninsula without south korean agreement our government he continued will do everything it can to prevent the war from breaking out and if we remember the president actually was elected on the platform of trying to you know have south korea more independent in his decisions from the united states and let's not forget there is also china in this whole situation with the foreign ministry of china issuing a statement on monday that the current situation on the korean peninsula is highly complex and sensitive we hope to see that the relevant sides extinguished through their out the words and actions instead of adding fuel limit tensions we hope to see them improve mutual trust and move toward the goal of preserving peace and stability on the peninsula as well as realizing they do nuclearization of the peninsula so in a nutshell china beijing is saying here that you know all sides should cool that off and the situation should be resolved at the negotiation table rather than you know in a military matter so we will see how the situation develops but definitely it's a little less tense than it w

for military action on the korean peninsula without the consent of the republic of korea no country can decide to take military action the united states which was the first to bring numerous strategic nuclear equipments near to us should first make the right decision and show through actions if they wish to ease tensions on the korean peninsula and prevent a dangerous military clash earlier thousands protested and so against the united states deployment of the third missile defense system in the country the calls for the escalation on the korean peninsula contrasts sharply with the american presence words just a few days ago he tweeted that military solutions and i fully in place locked and loaded and donald trump is not the only one in washington sounding hawkish the threat from north korea not only to the united states but to the world is very very clear this is an existential threat to the united states we were a superpower we are now hyper powered so the message is very clear don't test this white house. well i discussed the situation in the potential with allison evans she's an

koreas say as the united states needs its approval for any military action on the korean peninsula the north. threatening language. google is accused of censorship after its automated tracker system searches and deletes videos from journalists. from moscow to the world this is r.t. international good to have your company hello and welcome you know me our top story this hour further protests over the removal of controversial confederate statues from public spaces have turned violent in the u.s. as many say they have racist true slavery overtones on monday just two days after a unite the right rally turned deadly in virginia demonstrators destroyed a monument in north korea that i. and this is durham people gathered outside a courthouse there to topple a near century old statue. of a confederate soldier some climbed the top of it while others pulled the to the ground using a rope the crowds were heard shouting we are the revolution on call for an end to fuss isn't a memory. elsewhere the murder of lexington kentucky say's he will push to move to confederate statues to be outskirts of the

on the south korean in south korea on the north korean peninsula around that they've been sending jets they've been sending even more troops and to. shield systems as well as as well as you know ratcheting up the rhetoric they're letting the north koreans know that they are not going to stand by as north korea develops intercontinental ballistic missiles which would be capable of targeting mainland united states in times where i guess dave thank you very much indeed thank you want to discuss this even further we can now cross live to international relations expert vic to go over to thank you very much indeed for joining us well do you think that senator graham might be right that the u.s. is ready to go to war with north korea. but i think the senator is sending very wrong message. d p r k to all the other cultures in this part of the world because at this very critical moment the war mongering any threat of use of war as a means to kill that save millions of people is a very big mistake and it's time to morrow and to walk right if i may say so and i think that the united states really

well again south korea's president says only his country can decide the fate of the korean peninsula and whether there will be any military action the war must never break out again on the korean peninsula only the republic of korea can make the decision for military action on the korean peninsula without the consent of the republic of korea no country can decide to take military action the statement comes thousands protested in seoul against the united states deployment of the fat missile system in their country the calls for the escalation contrasts sharply with the american presence words just a few days ago he tweeted that military solutions are now fully in place locked and loaded and donald trump is not the only one in washington sounding hawkish. the threat from north korea not only to the united states but to the world is very very clear this is an existential threat to the united states we were a superpower we are high powered so the message is very clear. this white house. can get thoughts now allison evans she's an asia pacific analyst and expert on north korea and joins u

there cannot be a second war on the korean peninsula. i can guarantee that. after the korean civil war, all the people of the nation worked very ha rd to all the people of the nation worked very hard to build the nation. and war cannot happen on the korean peninsula. robin, what did you make of that? only 100 days in but this is a man, a president doing all he can to dampen down the tension. president moonjae—in was elected on a much more consider its own to the north and he and his people have long lived with the prospect of a military confrontation with north korea, just 35 miles away, the border where there is an array of artillery barrackers which can hit the city. it has been the case for a long time. what's most interesting in those comments is two things, he doesn't think tom all trump intends to use military action to deal with north korea. —— donald trump. and secondly, he said that the president has promised not just secondly, he said that the president has promised notjust to seek to get south korea's approval before any military action was t

troops arrived and it battle on the korean peninsula. they went north and occupied until the chinese process back and never removed our troops from the south. we never went home. it. is the root of victory in war is not something we talk about a lot. it is known as the "forgotten war." you have the exact opposite of that in north korea. part of the regime's way of maintaining but also legitimate imating itself is to remind people endlessly about that war and the fact that americans are a rat. -- are a threat. that is-- to connect typically to guam, there has been misreporting about this. i am not even sure the person you have in guam, the authorities there, understand what the north koreans said they will do. what this latest cycle, from the north korean perspective, is specific in terms of guam. strategichoned in on bombers, in particular, the b01 -52's,replaced the, b which did a lot of work in the korean war. now there is a new were playing with that squadron. they have been flying out of mom and coming up the southern half of the kor

what we have to do is stabilize the korean peninsula. and with this kind of rhetoric, it looks unstable. and that's very dangerous. >> can you go back though, general, i don't mean to cut you off. can you go back after fire and fury, go back to trying to negotiate or de-escalate the situation? >> of course you can. of course, you can. sure you can. just got make the right approaches. we're not going to abandon our south korean al plipz we can make the right measures to take the right military measures to strengthen them and give them even more capacity. we should be doing that. but we don't need the rhetoric to go with it. >> thank you, gentlemen. i appreciate it. thank you, general, thanks, jim. i appreciate it. >>> how will world leaders react to the rapidly escalating threats between the u.s. and north korea? we'll ask fareed zakaria what he thinks. that's next. ...it starts a chain reaction... ...that's heard throughout the connected business world. at&t network security helps protect business, from the largest financial markets to t

and concern and confusion over the korean peninsula crisis with seoul uncertain of the united states strategy with both preparing joint military drills likely to further infuriate the north. a.t.m. here bosco this one so the sixteenth of august hi i'm kevin o. and welcome to this latest thirty minute news wrap them from r.t. and first after three years isolated from the outside world syrians endure a soft target in the first taste of freedom as the army battles to retake that city from islamic state. exclusive video from the once proceed city. what is it going although if you think. i did. it conditions inside that city had dire after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce the u.n. is concerned that medical help is not getting through right now the only way to get vital supplies to civilians is drop in more details from. it's not the mariana trench or an active volcano but still one of the least accessible places on our planet syria's dear resort a city that's been completely encircled by islamic state for some three years. although it almost seems i

in the end, china likes a divided korean peninsula, they want to avoid a mass of refugees. they want to avoid a reunification which would create an economic juggernaut, the same way the unification of germany created in europe. they have no significant interest in actually following through on these sanctions, unfortunately, what can we do? we can continue to put pressure on china. we can work with our allies in the region to build military options if we have to go that route. we can increase missile defense to defend ourselves and our allies, we can continue to press the united nations, we can impress cyber and special forces. it's not a good attractive package of options. >> i hate to go back into politics on this, the president -- we're expecting a statement from him in the 3:00 hour, the opiod crisis, he has a panel out there in new jersey. we are hearing from him right now, hearing from him on twitter, which is the way he likes to communicate with the american public. we're not hearing about this news, he tweeted about poll numbers, the new york times and amazon. don't

if war breaks out on the korean peninsula, the consequences will not be limited to dprk or the republic of korea, and it's also important to know that china and russia are now recently issuing a joint statement calling for no reckless action to be taking place at china's doorstep or russia's doorstep. the chinese government is engaging with major countries, including germany, for example, to present the case about peaceful negotiation, and about opposition to war, and i think it will take all these major countries together to stop the possibility of war and to pave the way for negotiation, leading towards denuclearisation. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the partition that should have been peaceful. we hear from two eyewitnesses on the violence in india's second largest city that changed the course of history. also on the programme: one more shot as 007. daniel craig confirms he'll be back as james bond. washington, the world's most political city is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationshi

concern and confusion over the korean peninsula crisis with seoul uncertain of the united states strategy and with both preparing joint military drills likely to further inferior to the north. plus the head of the libyan national army exclusively tells r.t. about which countries are helping or hindering his country's drawn out conflict. italy's dealing with transporting arms fire to new zealand algeria but unfortunately some libyan parties get these arms and this is supporting terrorism instead of fighting it. by ten am wednesday morning or moscow welcome thanks for watching r.t. news update with me kevin though in this hour first after three years isolated from the outside world is no hope for syrians india resort as the army battles to try to retake that city from islamic state. exclusive video from the besieged place. you. know what it's cool. if you do the same thing a little bit in that. one woman i. the conditions inside the city a die after years of terrorist oppression basically says cities including food escape this and the u.n. is concerned that medical help is not getting throu

head to concern and confusion over the korean peninsula crisis with seoul uncertain of the united states strategy and with both preparing joint military drills likely to further infuriate the north. us the head of the libyan national army exclusively speaks to us about which countries are helping or hindering his fractured countries drawn out conflict. by good morning it's not the end here in moscow this wednesday the sixteenth of august my name's kevin owen welcome to this latest a thirty minute news update live from r.t. h.q. the first stuff to sri is isolated from the outside world there's no hope for syrians india resort as the army battles to retake that city from islamic state r.t. is filmed exclusive video from the once besieged city. i keep thinking of. the. the conditions inside that city after years of terrorist oppression basic necessities including food is scarce and the u.n. is concerned that medical help isn't getting through either right now the only way to get vital supplies into civilians is to wear drop them in more details from. it's not the mariana trench or an active

what is the reaction from the korean peninsula? >> reporter: well, i think here in south korea, people are nervous to hear this war of words going back and forth. on the part of the north koreans, they're used to hearing this kind of language. sort of fades into the backgrou background. but when it comes from the u.s. president, as well, that does rattle people a bit. makes them a bit uneasy, wondering how the north koreans would react to something like that. also worried, really, about any kind of miscommunication, misinterpretation of the president's words on the north korean's part. but no reaction this morning from the north koreans to these latest words from president trump last night, saying if anything happened to guam, there would be big, big trouble. the north koreans simply haven't reacted to that yet. interestingly, both the white house and chinese state media have put out slightly different interpretations, readouts, of this call between president trump and president xi last night. the white house saying that both sides

and war cannot happen on the korean peninsula. 0ur correspondent robin brant, joins us now from seoul. that is a pretty big guarantee. not just confidence, this was a man directed at the domestic audience who can guarantee there will not be a second korean war. this is a president, relatively new to office, who is trying to do everything he can to dampen down the tension, particularly what we have seen an increase, he does believe the north koreans are approaching a redline anti— threatened sanctions against it would get even worse. he doesn't think the united states intends to use military action as an option but he did say interestingly that donald trump had told him the us would not just seek the approval of south korea but would try to get its approval if there was to be any military action here on the korean peninsula. it's different if that action took place off the waters of guam. lastly, in president from's words, a different answerfrom guam. lastly, in president from's words, a different answer from the south korean counterpart. president moon said he thought it showed a st

peninsula of the current eleven day drills involved fifty thousand korean troops and seventeen and a half thousand u.s. troops computer programs are also being used to simulate war prior to those exercises even south korea's defense ministry admitted concern that the drills could trigger a missile launch by the northern neighbor the recent grad possibility that north korea will carry out strategic or local provocations to protest the latest u.n. sanctions and the year of g. exercises. bring in author and human rights attorney eric surat king joins me on the line now eric do you think the u.s. is provoking north korea by conducting these military exercises in the current tensions. yes i mean this is a situation that goes on a couple times a year but right now we're at such a crucial point that we need to step back and suspend these war games and not do anything to provoke the situation and what we've demonstrated through our actions again and again is a lack of creativity a lack of courage if you will by president trump and the administration and prior administrations to get creative

you have to work for stable deter rents on the korean peninsula. to get stable determents, you have to make sure that north korea cannot get an advantage at any level of conflict. so they can't send five tore bee t torpedo boats over and sink a couple ships and have the government collapse. they can't fire a rocket and with a single rocket disestablish the government of south korea. so it puts more pressure on south korean politics and we have to be very strong with japan, otherwise japan will believe it needs its own nuclear determent in the region. so this is really about packing deterrence into a much smaller area and with difficult actors. north koreans, i agree with the man who said kim has been rational. he has been rational in terms of developing this nuclear capacity to prevent the united states from taking action against him. that is rational. but if you look at the north korean negotiating style in the past and their behavior in the past, they are impulsive. they are not rational the way washington, d.c. lawyers are rational. they don't b

they see the us out of the korean peninsula ? they want see the us out of the korean peninsula? they want to see the military exercises stop and the system in place not return. what chanceis system in place not return. what chance is there of that happening? the idea that the united states would end the alliance with south korea or even, somehow would end the alliance with south korea or even, somehow scrap would end the alliance with south korea or even, somehow scrap the missile system, that won't happen. not outside of some kind of bargain with the chinese. it is not clear what the level of chinese influence is in north korea. it is also not so bad for the chinese to have north korea being a fawn in the side of the united dates. if we really wa nted the united dates. if we really wanted to get a significant change in north korea, it would only be accomplished with china —— united states. because of the uncertainty of chinese leveraged, if the chinese are going to help out the united states, they would only do that if they really got something significant in return. very s

bombers flying over the korean peninsula on monday. this after president trump's extraordinary warning to pyongyang that any threat to the u.s. would be met with, quote, fire and fury. >> as a result lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, expressing alarm and slamming the president's comments and calling on him to be more measures. all this comes after a new intelligence assessment that north korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles. escalating threats, of course, the drum beat of possible war, possibility of an arms race is on the minds of so many in the region. we the global resources of cnn covering every angle. we begin with will ripley, no stranger to north korea, he joins us live from bay with the breaking details. >> reporter: what we're seeing in this region is an increasing concern an actual could break out. we're seeing fiery rhetoric on both sides. north korea putting out an alarming warning to the united states threatening to potentially look at attack plans for guam. guam is signifi

we want to make it clear that the worsening situation on the korean peninsula as well as other nuclear issues caused by the united states. with less than 12 hours to go until people in kenya go to the polls, we will speak to our correspondent in nairobi about what is expected to be a tight race. we look at how old people in gabon are tackling poaching. and in sport, we will catch up with the latest from the athletics world championships. welcome to outside source. north korea has reacted angrily to the new sanctions applied in it by the us. well, any statement on state television, the country has said that it television, the country has said thatitis television, the country has said that it is ready to teach the usb sevilla lesson with strategic force if it faces military action over its programme. it said it would retaliate thousands of times over against the us for the losers sanctions. it said that a violent infringement on its sovereignty was at stake. but north korea was represented at the summit in manila and the spokesman also commented on the situation. it is our nuclear positi

forces to the korean peninsula. there is an upcoming exercise that will see a temporary uptick in u.s. forces for that exercise, but, again, no fundamental change. about that comment yesterday about the koreans now having a nuclear warhead. what u.s. officials are saying is the assessment -- assessment -- is that they have produced a miniaturize warhead. but whether it is deployable, whether it's been tested, whether it can really go on a missile and be part of an attack still very much an open question and a missile, again, they have tested. the big challenge for the north koreans is can they put all of that into a package where they can launch, target, re-enter and strike a specific target. they may have a very long way still to go. a lot of people saying, take a deep breath and let's check out the reality versus the rhetoric. bill? >> it even sounds like that's what we heard from secretary of state tillerson. barbara, thank you very much for that. >>> our panel, gordon chang, author of "nuclear showdown, north ko

would fly some bombers near the korean peninsula or over the korean peninsula. the u.s. moved some additional ships into the sea of japan off the coast of the korean peninsula. what we saw after the icbm test were some things that were slightly more kinetic. they had a joint u.s.-japanese and south korean air exercise that included in one case dropping some dummy bombs not too far from the north korean and south korean border. so we have seen a military response to this. what we've also heard is if there were to be any kind of a real confrontation, a military confrontation between north korea and south korea and the united states it would be a devastating result. north korea has hundreds or thousands of artillery pieces that are buried in rock along the dmz. and the assessments, the military and intelligence assessments that we've seen have been that they would just unleash a fury of artillery on seoul, south korea, which is just across the border, leading to tens of thousands of deaths in the initial volley. >> i'm going to ask my control room if they can to put up a ma

peninsula. there should be no question in anyone's mind as to the common view held by everyone on that security council for that being the ultimate objective. a very strong statement was released, demonstrating their commitment as well to support a denuclearized korean peninsula. i think the statement stronger than any i've ever seen from aussie on in terms of this particular issue. actions takentant to hopefully send a strong message that north korea understands the expectations of the rest of the international community going forward. the next officer to see the security council resolution sanctions are enforced by everyone, we will be monitoring that carefully and certainly having conversations with any and all that we see that may not be fully embracing not just the spirit of those sanctions, but the operational execution of those sanctions. thise hope again that ultimately will result in north korea coming to the conclusion to choose a different pathway and when the conditions are ripe, tha

of denuclearizing the korean peninsula. >> what do you say to the cricss rhetoric was just too hot this week? he went too far? >> well, the president made clear, he made clear hat the united states will not taterol threatened by this rogue regime. there's a much greater danger if there were to be ambiguity. in connection with the kind of response thaton i jim cung- he the united states or our allies. >> there did seem to be am big guyty in the president's statement. he said they would be met by fire and fury if there were n threats. there are new threats every day. they have already crossed the line. >> our response is we're prepared militarily to deal with this if necessary. we're taking all possible actions. short of military action, to resolve this very grave threat to the united states and the world. that includes a very determined, diplomatic effort led by our secretary of state. it includes increasing sanctions. increasing pressure on t north to convince kim jong-un that this is not in his interest to continue this provocation and escalatory actions. >> threats alone won't evoke a

korean peninsula. let's bring you this analysis. korean peninsula. let's bring you this analysislj let's bring you this analysis.” think this was a political event very much aimed at the domestic audience. he is only102 very much aimed at the domestic audience. he is only 102 days into office but there's no doubt he is doing all he can to dampen down the tension after what has been an incendiary week with comments coming from president trump and united states. he is notjust confident there won't be another war, he said he can guarantee there won't be another war on this peninsular. now, that's not surprising, because he in particular is a man who was elected with a much more conciliatory tone towards the north. he has talked about expanding the diplomatic effort and about reuniting families and trying to reunify at some point the whole of this peninsular. in terms of donald trump, well, i think it was interesting because he said he doesn't think the us president intends to use military action here. h

were all unified to see a denuclearize korean peninsula. we hope for the opportunity to engage with them on how we might achieve that. >> chris: this week before the missile test, both you and the president suggested that kim might be backing off of his missile program. here both of you are. >> kim jong-un, i respect the fact that i believe he is starting to respect us. >> i'm pleased to see the regime in pyongyang has demonstrated some level of restraints that we have not seen in the past. >> were both a be wrong about kim? >> i don't know that were wrong. i think it will take some time to tell. this type of launch again it is a violation of un security council resolutions. so clearly they are still messaging us as well that they are not prepared to back away from their position. having said that, we will continue our peaceful pressure campaign to see if we can bring the regime to the negotiating table to begin a dialogue on a different future fourth. >> chris: president trump lunch this week to fight and win in afghanistan. i want to play

bombers flying over the korean peninsula. this comes after president trump's extraordinary warning to pyongyang vowing to unleash, quote, fire and fury, end quote, if threats to the u.s. continue. >> fire, fury and power, the likes of which the world has never seen. lawmakers on both sides slamming the president's response, calling on mr. trump to be more measured as the crisis intensifies. it comes after u.s. intelligence assessment that north korea has produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that could theoretically fit inside its missiles. the tensions sparking talk of war, possibility of an arms race in the region. others saying cooler heads will prevail. we have the global resources of cnn covering every angle. we begin with will ripley who has been inside north korea more than a dozen times. he joins us from north korea. >> a couple of developments just breaking here within the last fu minutes. we have just received word from the chinese ministry of foreign affairs. the first response on the record to president trump's

he was insistent that he would not allow war to break out on the korean peninsula. said it is up to south korea to decide what military action happens on the korean peninsula and says that the u.s. is on the same page as south korea. at the same time, you had the secretary of defense saying that if north korea attacks first, it is game on. dave? >> indeed, paula hancocks live in seoul this morning. thank you. >>> 18 minutes past the hour. china is threatening to retaliate now that president trump's chief trade negotiator has been asked to determine whether an investigation of beijing's trade practices is needed. the move could pave the way for the president to impose tariffs on chinese imports. the administration turning the screws on china in order to get more cooperation on the north korea crisis. let's bring in david mckensingtony from hong kong. china might be -- mckenzie from hong kong. china might be complaining, but is this less harsh than people expect from the trump administration? >> reporter: good morning, yes, i think so. i think many people expected the

trump is driving the situation on the korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war. making such out cries as the u.s. will not rule out a war against the dprk. john kirby, i understand and i've read my history, i get that hyperbole is part of the status quo. however, it does seem as though this is action and reaction. is it a little bit more dangerous in this context, or is this more of the same? >> i've got to tell you when i looked at that statement i was actually a little pleasantly surprised it was as measured as it is given to where the rhetoric got to yesterday and in the wake of the korean's army, the general's very specific threat to guam. so it is more in line with typical north korean statements. i think we can take a little cold comfort in that. but it doesn't mean at all that the tensions are any real -- any less in any significant way as far as i'm concerned. >> john, chris, john, thank you. also it makes you wonder if in a way is it seeding leadership to china if you're expecting them to come in and be the measured ones? >> everybody says they have the

america sent a quote resolute and balanced message over the crisis on the korean peninsula according to south korea's vice foreign minister but that seems to contradict an earlier statement from sold that were critical of washington's response to the north korean missile threat. the latest. before donald trump even taking office he already laid out a clear strategy for dealing with threats to america we are totally predictable we tell everything we're sending troops we tell them we're sending something else we have a news conference we have to be predictable well south korea washington's key partner in asia didn't bank on the tactic also being used on them we think that now with the american government has moved from strategic patience of obama administration into strategic confusion well here's where that confusion might be coming from let's see if we can follow the trump team's statements over the course of about a week they will be met with fire and fury and i think the american sleep well tonight no concerns about this. rhetoric over the last few days frankly the people that woul

president on's donald trump is the situation on the currents -- korean peninsula beginning to cool? matt: we have best is coming out with earnings, second-quarter euros.s 279 million missing the estimate by about 61 million euros, the street was

what we have to do is stabilize the korean peninsula. and with this kind of rhetoric it looks unstable and that's very dangerous. >> can you go back though general, after fire and fury, can you go back to trying to negotiate or de-escalate the situation -- >> of course you can. sure you can. just got to make the right approaches. we're not going to abandon our south korean allies. we can take the right military measures to strengthen them and give them more capacity, we should be doing that. but we don't need the rhetoric to go with it. >> thank you gentlemen i appreciate it. >>> when we come back, how will world leaders react to the escalating threats between the u.s. and north korea. that's next. ♪ [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you now that the summer of audi sales event is here. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during the summer of audi sales event. what's going on here? i'm babysitting. that'll be 50 bucks. you said $30. it was $30 before the ordering pizza fee and t

with that said they're not interested in the situation on the korean peninsula escalating. there's a common misconception that china needs to do one thing and this goes away. it's going to take multiple parties. china has a role but it's not up on them. >> what is the option to contain north korea's nuclear threat. >> they're not going to give up their nuclear weapons program. they developed it for a reason. it's going to take years for us to even reach that conversation. however we can try to have conversation and negotiations to stop further development of their weapons program to prevent them from becoming more dangerous than they are. >> what does that conversation look like? is it a deal with north korea suspending their tests, what does it get from the u.s.? >> they want policy against north korea to cease. that probably won't happened. outside of the wmd program they're notorious for human rights abuses. in exchange north korea want it is end of military exercises in south korea. so how a negotiation would take place i'm not sure. but in order to start that process a

it would destabilize the korean peninsula. there could potentially be a refugee crisis, people streaming over the border here into china, which china certainly doesn't want. the united states would have to take responsibility for what pretty much all analysts say would be a victorious outcome at the end of any military conflict with north korea. what would that look like? how long would that last? not to mention that right now north korea has a tremendous amount of conventional weapons pointed at the metropolitan area of seoul that could kill literally millions of people. these sanctions, this is an attempt to try to do something to deescalate this rapidly escalating situation. >> will ripley in beijing. thank you for that. excellent analysis. >>> secretary of state rex tillerson among those joining efforts to ramp up the pressure on north korea. kim jong-un's nuclear program a topic of wide concern at the just-concluded summit of south asian leaders in manila, south korea, japan, and china, also urging pyongyang to comply in

. >> reporter: north korea made the threat after b-1 bombers had flown from guam over the korean peninsula in what has become a standard show of force in response to north korea's missile tests. returning from asia, secretary of state tillerson was asked if americans should be worried. >> no, i think americans should sleep well at night. >> reporter: mattis issued his warning shortly before touring the uss "kentucky" a ballistic

the korean peninsula? what are our options? >> we've seen secretary engaging talk about with diplomacy, an eventual goal we want to get to in order to to to a negotiated deal stop north korea nuclear program here is also deterrents that the u.s. continuously is ramping up and that includes sending b-1b bombers and aircraft arriers to the region, helping reassure allies, south korea and japan about readiness to protect countries if the need comes. i think it is important to keep dialogue open between the united states and countries, as g much as possible. host: you mention secretary statements, cent here is what he had to say. >> the options available to us, understand are limited. and particularly, if we think we a short ting under period of time, we felt the ppropriate thing to do first, seek peaceful pressure on the regime in north korea, have them willingness to sit and talk with us and others with understanding condition of those talks is there is no future for orth korea holds nuclear weapons or ability to deliver nuclear

peninsula which was one country throughout much of history up until the second world war it was one country one people one culture and then unfortunately the war happened and twenty percent of the north korean population were wiped out of this earth thanks largely due to the us invasion so the memory of history is still fresh and currently the north koreans have. i'm not defending the north koreans but they do have legitimate security concerns you know one hundred and sixty thousand u.s. troops stationed across western pacific the cold war architecture for deployment remaining largely intact and also around military exercises between south korea and

should first show through actions if they wish to ease tensions on the korean peninsula and prevent a dangerous military clash. government will put everything on the line to prevent another war on the korean peninsula and when it comes to the question of whether or not the united states wants to resolve the korean nuclear issue peacefully seoul says that it is on the same team as washington the south korean government and the u.s. government don't have a different position on the peaceful resolution of the crisis in south korea really be sure given that it's rather unclear what exactly trump really wants this is the core as there is no policy. this is because trump doesn't sit down with his cabinet and say ok let's strategize. for the contingencies that we've guy and then once we've got this this policy then we always hear that policy and our public our public statements reflect that that doesn't go on i mean the president makes his statement and he doesn't consult anybody does more than anybody and then you do catch up. with the secretary of state trying to settle nerves and of cours

they should have a say in the future of the korean peninsula just as south korean people do. they should certainly have a right to know about what's going on around the world. they should have freedom of information and whatever choices they make, if they're empowered to choose, would be choices that united states supports. that's how i would phrase it. >> speaking of rhetoric, jonathan mentioned strategic patience, which is from the obama administration and the trump administration tried to differentiate itself from, we're not doing that anymore. when you press the administration what they're doing and strategy is. we're going to ramp up economic pressure on north korea to the different measureses and then try to wait and see whether that changes their calculus about the wisdom of pursuing these programs and you say, well, how long, well, we'll know it when we see it. aside from not wanting to play into rhetoric associated with the obama administration which the trump administration considered weak, is there had a substantive difference in the way that this administration is