There. We want to welcome our viewers all around the world. Im george howe. And Hannah Vaughan jones. Its 10 00 a. M. Its cnn newsroom. From north korea to venezuela a lot to talk about. The u. S. President putting the u. S. Military front and center. Well have more on venezuela here shortly but first the president s latest threat to north korea. The military is locked and loaded. The chinese president xi shin ping is urging restraint. It follows a new warning from mr. Trump to kim jongun whose regime has threatened to fire missiles toward the Pacific Island of guam. If anything happens to guam, theres going to be big, big trouble in north korea. Have you ordered any change in our military readiness . Supply dont want to say. I dont talk about that. You know that. The president made the provocative remark after meeting with his National Security team at his vacation spot in new jersey and refused, however, to sayu. S. Was prepared to go to war against pyongyang. Listen. We think that l
United states and hes not going to threaten japan and hes not going to threaten south korea. No, thats not a dare, as you say, thats a statement of fact. Kat President Trump double down on his previous fire and fury statement against north korea. Frankly, the people that work questioning that statement, maybe it wasnt tough enough. What theyve been doing and what they been getting away with is a tragedy and it cant be allowed. Kat thoughts . Dagen there have been so much made about the president s comments when the upset denier should be a bit north korea. I think you are hearing from President Trump all of his advisors, cabinet secretaries, that there is the approach of telling north korea and the west, the rest of the world, that we have a military option available but also using sanctions and diplomacy as well. Its a twopronged approach. Youve got, if youre going to use carrots, you have to use sticks. Thats what the president is saying. Kat i am very mad at north korea but im also
Joins us live from bay with the breaking details. Reporter what were seeing in this region is an increasing concern an actual could break out. Were 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 significant because it houses key u. S. Military assets. Theres a coast guard station. You mentioned Andersen Air Force base. North korea occupies about 30 of that island. The u. S. Flying Bombing Missions from that island. On monday the u. S. Flew two bombers over the north korea peninsula, on going show of force after their two icbm tests in the month of july, but also last month the u. S. Flew two super sonic jets from guam which is why you saw this very stronglyworded statement from the North Koreans, for the first time we know of of an attack plan to send missiles that they tested at a rapid pace. Theyre focusing on Intercontinental Ballistic Missile missiles right now.
Lets begin with will ripley live in tokyo. You just return from your 14th trip to north korea with all of this going on. Reporter john the impression i got from the north koreans this is not a country that is backing down. This is not a country that is afraid but it is defiant and furious with the United States and ready to back up their fiery rhetoric with action and there are indications according to south korean lawmakers and intelligence officials north korea is moving an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile to a location along the korean coast, with a trajectory over japan like last week or fire a missile in a more southerly protra jectry targeting the Pacific Ocean including potentially the u. S. Territory of guam, home to 160,000 american citizens, Andersen Air Force base, naval base, guam. North korea said theyd conduct a missile test near guam, not threatening to attack guam but extremely unsettling and provocative for the u. S. The threat in north korean state media talks about
Was killed after being swept away by floodwaters on saturday. A flash flood emergency is now in effect for the houston area. The citys mayor is urging people to stay home, stay off the roads. The streets are treacherous. It makes absolutely no sense for on anyone to be out on the road unless its an emergency. The safest place is in your home. But be reminded, this is a four or five day event, not a one day event. Not a two day event. These rain bands will come and go and its important for everyone to do their jobs. Lets talk more about the situation in a people in hus tonight face. Danny perez is the spokesman for the Text Department of transportation. Hes on the phone with us. Thanks so much. We just heard the mayor urging people to stay in, stay off the roads. Are they doing that . We had some instances early on when folks were out on the roadway, i guess they thought that it was clear, that the storm it was an incoming system and people were on the road and now we have folks that ar