white house. president trump all but summoned them there for a briefing on the increasingly tense situation with north korea. upon leaving some thought it was a photo op for the white house. we will hear from someone in the meeting to get her thoughts. whatever the intent, it comes at a tenuous time. today north korea conducted an artillery drill which was called the largest ever, designed to annihilate the u.s. bases of aggression. jeff zeleny joins us with the latest. what are you learning about this briefing at the white house? reporter: anderson, it was important at least to the white house s vow for optics that the senators all came over here to this building. i was told earlier today by a senior administration official that optics were indeed a central reason, not for domestic political reasons but to send the message abroad to north korea and china a and elsewhere that the u.s. government was speaking with one voice here, and the level of gravity of this meeting was heightened
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house oversight committee. they ve been reviewing some classified documents connected to the former national security adviser, michael flynn. this has to do with the investigation or investigations, at this point, into possible russian connections to the past elections. we re expecting to hear from the chair of the oversight committee, jason chaffetz, at any moment. meantime, while we wait for that, we take you overseas. a new brazen show of force overnight by north korea amid escalating tensions between the u.s. and north korea. overnight, north korea carrying out a very large-scale artillery drill as an american nuclear submarine arrives in south korean waters. that move by the u.s. now being described as a show of force. today, north korea s celebrating the 85th anniversary of the founding of its army, and it comes as president trump just said of the north korean leader kim jong-un i m not so sure he s so strong like he says he is. we want to get to international corresponde
overnight north korea carried out a large scale artillery drill as an american submarine arrived. that move by the united states now being described as a show of force as tensions continue to escalate. north korea celebrating the founding of its army coming as president trump told a group of journalists saying i m not so sure he s so strong as he says he is. inside north korea, a very large military exercise by the north koreans. yes. certainly there was an expectation of something provocative and he delivered. we believe he was presiding over this long-range artillery drill. this is pointed directly at south korea. tens of millions of people potentially in firing range and