north korean capital of pyongyang and has an exclusive report. north korea conducted another massive artillery drill today to mark a military anniversary. update our viewers. reporter: they did, wolf. north korea s leader kim jong-un was noticeably absent at the official celebrations of army day here in pyongyang. we believe that s because he was presiding over this long-range or tillity exercise involving hundreds of north korean soldiers. of course, this long range artillery is the kind of conventional weapon that s very dangerous for people in south korea because there s a whole lot of it pointed right across the dmz metropolitan area home to tens of thousands of people. the mood was celebratory despite rising tensions. army day in north korea. the 85th anniversary of the korean people s army. more than 1 million active duty soldiers and more than 6 million if you count reserves and paramilitary. one of the largest standing armies in the world.
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to shut down. the entire conversation involves setting up the other side for blame. so when chuck schumer talks about this he wants to make sure that if this actually happens you know to blame republicans and of course trump and the republicans that want to make sure somehow or other the democrats are the ones who take the fall for it. let s talk about north korea quickly. it s not look, every day there is a new development about provocations with north korea, we are hearing the 85th anniversary of the founding of the people s army there. the president is sounding more forceful than we ve heard an administration official in some time. yesterday even telling conservative media that kim jong-un is not as tough as he thinks he is. is this a potential risk to this rosy outlook that you talk about the economy and tax cuts and all that? the bombast on both sides is unner spring. you can t rule out a u.s. strike allow i do think china may be
the president, who will host all 100 senators at the white house tomorrow for a special briefing on north korea north korea, received praise for his briefing. i am impressed with his commander in chief skills. he is not going to that this nut job develop a missile with a nuclear weapon on top. he doesn t want a more anymore than i do but he is not going to the them get a missile. today, north korea celebrated the 85th anniversary of the founding of its military. analysts had feared the day would be marked with the testing of a nuclear device or ballistic missile, but so far, nothing. the north koreans to carry out major live fire drills said to involve 300 to 400 pieces. from a diplomatic front, the u.s. envoys in north korea today met his counterpoint from japan, south korea, appointed again with a lack of engagement from the north. we really don t believe that north korea is ready to engage
if the studios refuse t mee their demand there s less than one week before their existing contracts expire may 1st. big news from the world of nascar after 18 seasons and more than 600 races behind the wheel, dale earnhardt jr. will retire from racing at the end of the season. a racing legend. overseas now, north korea s military staged what is thought to be its largest scale artillery drill on the 85th anniversary of its military. the drill comes as envoys from south korea, japan and the united states are meeting in tokyo to discuss north korea s nuclear program. and it comes on the same day as a u.s. naval submarine armed with cruise missiles docked on south korea shores. tomorrow the white house will host the entire senate for a confidential meeting to brief the lawmakers on the north korean situation. and here to brief us, nbc s kelly cobiella, still in seoul, south korea. tell us more about what happened