Nuclear weapons program. With every test kim jong un moves closer to his stated goal of a Preemptive Nuclear strike capability against american cities. Reporter north koreas 30something dictator has already threatened to strike new york, washington, colorado and hawaii. For now, its bluster, but he is working on Nuclear Weapons that would make it more than just talk. When he threatens the United States, thats one level, but when he threatens the United States with a capability of realizing that threat, thats a different place. Reporter a statement by the director of the National Intelligence and secretary of state and secretary of defense said their aim is to use economic sanctions and diplomatic pressure to convince north korea to dismantle its nuclear program. Behind the pressure lies the threat of u. S. Military firepower on display in field exercises in south korea and a port visit by a nuclearpowered submarine. In a few days, the carrier vinson will be operating off the coast, and
Mr. Trump summoned all 100 u. S. Senators to the white house to hear the latest on the threat posed by north Koreas Nuclear program. The president has not ruled out force, and david marten is following this. Reporter senators were bussed to the white house for a closeddoor briefing by the president s Top National Security advisers with a cameo appearance by the commander in chief himself. Senator chris koons is a democrat from delaware. And just how much thought has gone into military actions if called for and a diplomatic strategy that strikes me as a clear eye. Reporter admiral harry harris laid out the stakes involved in north Koreas Nuclear with every test kim jong un moves closer to his stated goal of a Preemptive Nuclear strike capability against american cities. Reporter north koreas 30something dictator has already threatened to streike nw york, washington and colorado. When he threatens the United States, thats one level, but when he threatens the United States with a capabili
Not the only person in my family who was adopted. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The global hack attack that started friday is expected to cause monday morning computer problems around the world. A second wave of socalled rans ransom ware could freeze computer as people return to work. Mireya villarreal spoke to an expert. I would say that this is the worst ransom ware attack that has ever happened. Reporter 28yearold seeker security engineer darian husk says it took him ten minutes to analyze code that helped take down the worldwide ransom ware that hit computers in more than 150 countries. Reporter how were you able to find a sample of the code and share it with another researcher . A lot of researchers use various methods of sharing samples and codes. Sometimes it will be as simple as taking a screen shot from within of the programs that we use to reverse engineer malware such as this. Reporter he discovered a kill switch and shared
A u. S. Official tells reuters it landed about 60 miles off the coast of russia. It was the First Successful test after a string of recent failures. The regime continues to test banned ballistic missiles, despite worldwide condemnation. But the u. S. Military says the flight pattern of todays launch was not consistent with an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile often icbm, the type that could reach the u. S. Mainland. In january, north korean dictator kim jong un said an icbm test was imminent, but it hasnt happened yet. This shorterrange test comes days after south korea elected a new president , who wants to engage pyongyang, not isolate it. But today his spokesman said dialog is only possible if north korea changes course. In a statement, the white house called for stronger sanctions. And pointed out that the missile landed near russian territory, adding thaes russia is pleased. Russias president expressed concern over the launch in beijing. Today china called for restraint and calm.
Barry peterson is there. Reporter Guardian Newspaper reporter ben jacobs said the encounter with republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte started like this. You were waiting to make your decision about health care until you saw the bill and it just came out yeah, well talk to you about that later. Reporter but it ended like this. Im sick and tired of you guys the last guy that came in here you did the same thing. Get the hell out of here. You just body slammed me and broke my glasses. Reporter a Campaign Spokesperson said it was the reporter who grabbed gianfortes wrist calling it in a statement aggressive behavior from a liberal journalist. But alicia acuna, a reporter from the usually conservative fox news, was an eyewitness. Gianforte grabbed him by the neck, both hands, slid him to the side, body slammed him and then got on top of him and started punching and then yelling at him. Reporter Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan did not endorse the candidates actions. That is wr