and economic measures. to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as north korea. the u.s. military remains on alert. watching for any hint of a missile launch or even another underground nuclear test. trump initially leaned on china to help stop north korea s weapons testing. the relationship developed by president xi and myself i think is outstanding. pressuring chinese president xi to use his influence with kim. but that appears to have changed. the trump administration issued new sanctions against a chinese bank for allegedly helping north korea. then hours later, announced a massive u.s. arms sale to taiwan which china views as a renegade province. beijing is furious. translator: the u.s. arm sale to taiwan has seriously violated international law and basic
test. trump initially leaned on china to help stop north korea s weapons testing. the relationship developed by president xi and myself i think is outstanding. reporter: pressuring chinese president xi to use his influence with kim, but that appears to have changed. the trump administration issued new sanctions against a chinese bank for allegedly helping north korea: then hours later announced a massive u.s. arms sale to taiwan which china views as a renegade province. beijing is furious. translator: the u.s. arm sale to taiwan has seriously violated international law and basic principles of international relations. reporter: with diplomacy uncertain, u.s. military options for north korea have recently been updated. threat is much more immediate now. the president has directed us to prepare a range of options,
things in common. a, they share a border. they are very close. you have the factor of india, of china views india as a potential economic rival. obviously, everyone knows about the tension between pakistan and india. also, there is some feeling that by cozying up to china, what pakistan may be doing is sort of getting a little bit of leverage with the u.s. to show, look, we have this other ally. in turn, sometimes they use, they call china sort of an all weather ally which is sort of in contrast to how they view the u.s., which they view as sometimes sort of fickle. they view china as sort of a, you know, a stalwart ally of theirs. so will it affect u.s. pakistani relations at all? i spoke with them and they said more than likely not. the issues that the u.s. and
netanyahu. the two world leaders very much at odds over the future borders of israel. the aftershock of arnold schwarzenegger s bombshell is now affecting his movie comeback. his acting career now on hold while he deals with his personal mess. speaking of bomb shells, a former teammate told cbs that lance armstrong took performance enhancing drugs. he says he has taken hundreds of drug tests and did not fail a single one. the former head of the international monetary fund can leave jail at any moment e has been staying at rikers island in new york indicted on several sex charges. his accuser, a maid at a manhattan hotel. susan candiotti is following this story. tell us what this man s life will be like once he leaves rikers. reporter: well, he has to stick close to home. when he eventually leaves rikers island, he will leave there under an armed escort. that s part of what the judge says he has to do. that s part of the bail agreement in addition to posting all this m
taiwan which china views as a renegade province. beijing is furious. translator: the u.s. arms sale to taiwan has seriously violated international law and basic principles of international relations. reporter: with diplomacy uncertain, u.s. military options for north korea have recently been updated. threat is much more media now. the president has directed us to prepare a range of options, including a military option, which nobody wants to take. reporter: but a u.s. military strike could trigger catastrophe. i think that if the u.s. chose to strike north korea in any way, we would most likely see an immediate north korean response. that could take different forms it could be a counterattack on south korea. it could be another cyber attack. and kim jong-un would likely react in that way. and it could have a massive