Continues. Host here to discuss events concerning north korea and the u. S. Response are two guess, Anthony Ruggiero and ivan eland of the independent institute. A senior fellow as well as director of the center of peace and liberty. Good morning. Can we start with information we received concerning Nuclear Capability of north korea . First of all, about the capability to put it on a missile . What does that mean . No reason to doubt it. I think the Intelligence Community seems to be inclined to believe and also japan says they believe that they are of that capability. I do not think it is the beall endall. They still have other steps getting a reentry capability. Going back to earths atmosphere, space capsules. That is one thing they have to do and maybe others as well. It is one step along the way. Is asd not say the crisis severe as the media has led us to believe. One step closer. They are getting closer. It is nearing the door at the barn. I agree that the height is a little overp
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Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news. Mason good evening, im Anthony Mason. He threatened north korea with fire and fury. Today, President Trump said the United States is locked and loaded. The week is ending as it began with tensions and rhetoric rising. Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett is in new jersey where the president continues a working vacation at his bedminster golf club. I think its pretty obvious. We are looking at that very carefully. And i hope that they are going to fully understand the gravity of what i said and what i said is what i mean. Reporter that was President Trumps explanation for the earlymorning tweet telling north korea u. S. Military solutions are locked and loaded. Mr. Trump also had a response to those who say his rhetoric has gone too far. Well, you know, my critics are only saying that because its me. If somebody else uttered the exact same words they uttered, they had say, what a great statement. What a wonderful stateme
North korea and u. S. Reaction. We are joined by Patrick Cronin, with the center for a new american security, the asiapacific security programs senior director. Joining us from Yonsei University in seoul, south korea, associate Professor John delury, associate professor in chinese studies. Thank you for being with us this morning. Professor guillory professor delury, i will start with you. I asked Dana Williams how things are in guam. What is the mood in seoul in general . Hello, thank you for having me. It is interesting to hear that report from guam. There are some similarities in south korea. If you showed up, you would not sign in thetect any United States or globally. There is so much attention now to north korea pay the fact that office, wellin my within artillery range we are in the northern part of seoul. It has been some a quiet on campus, but there are no drills. We are not being told how to duck and cover. At this point, there is certainly no outward sign. When you talk peop
To their community than delicious pizzas. Were about creating opportunities. This is the cbs weekend news. Ninan good evening. Im reena ninan with a western edition of our broadcast. Virginias governor declared a state of engineer charlottesville today as white nationalists clashed in the streets can counterprotesters. Groups, including the ku klux klan and neonazis came from across the country to rally against plans to remove a confederate statue from a park. The violence included an attack with a car on a crowfd peaceful protesters. At least one person was killed. This all took place a short chance from the university of virginia, which was founded by thomas jefferson. President trump addressed the crisis from his golf club in new jersey. We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides. Ninan paula reid has latest now from charlottesville. And we caution you, some of the video is graphic. [ screaming reporter one person