russian foreign minister tomorrow it seems he doesn't really want to project such a hard line. he said things like he hopes assad isn't part of the political process for a long time. he hopes that russia will change course because what it's doing right now is not in russia's best interest. jake? >> all right. michelle kosinski in moscow fours, thanks so much. to another escalating crisis on the president's resolute desk in the oval office right now. north korea is stepping up its threat against the united states vowing, quote, could the traffic consequences. in response president trump tweets north korea is looking for trouble this. comes days after north korea's biggest holiday which could be celebrated possibly with another nuclear test or another missile launch. let's bring in sen correspondent will ripley live for us in pyongyang, north korea. north korea's harsh rhetoric, hardly anything new, but the latest one streams carry a bit more urgency, no? >> reporter: it does, and what's really different here, i mean, we've heard north korea threaten