Dave briggs. It is august 10th, 5 00 a. M. Here 4 00 a. M. Here in the United States. A day after President Trump promised fire and fury, pyongyang does that, leveling a fierce, very specific threat to attack a u. S. Territory, taking some personal shots at the president in the process. Now the world waits to see if anything the commander in chief decides to do in response. North korea says it is seriously examining a plan to launch a missile strike targeting the sea 20 miles off the coast of guam, where the u. S. Has two military bases. Staterun media says the launch of four Ballistic Missiles would signal a crucial warning to the u. S. North korea says the plan to launch missiles will be in place in days. The statement mailbox President Trump for speaking from a golf range where it says he let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation. The north korean statement says sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and onl
This strike involving four intermediaterange missiles with Nuclear Warheads would be ready within days. They would fly over japan. They would be airborne for approximately 17 minutes according to north korean state media. And they would land some 30 to 40 kilometers off the coast of guam. Outside the territorial waters but inside the u. S. Economic zone which as miguel mentioned in the intro would send a very strong message to the u. S. Indeed. Now, here in south korea, the National Security council with the south korean president has wrapped up. They issued a statement a short time ago saying that north korea must stop escalating tension and stressing that war will not benefit any side. They say the threat to guam was absurd. We need to remember that here in south korea that there are at least 1,000 artillery places along the border to north korea directed to the city of some ten million people. Whilst the south korean president in the past extented this willingness to engage in dialo
Guam. A plan they say will be ready in the next few days. So with the standoff escalating, what happens next . Lets get right to cnns chief National Security correspondent jim sciutto and robin wright, joint fellow at the institute of peace and the Woodrow Wilson center. Good evening to both of you. So good to have you on. Jim, im going to start with you tonight. North korea has issued a new response to the president. Heres what it says. U. S. President at a golf range again let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation. It seems that he has not yet understood the statement. Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him. I mean, thats a pretty strong statement, and theyre threatening to launch four missiles near guam. This all crosses the president s red line. So what now . What happens next . Youre right. Its the second time in 24 hours since the president made that statement that
Four Ballistic Missiles at guam, having them land offshore. The president drew a line. Kim jong un tonight seemed to cross it. The question now what. Jim sciuto, the statement from north korea, jim, also references that the president is at his golf club. Thats right. Its interesting, because we have to talk about how closely the u. S. Monitors north korean state media official statements to see what that says about their intentions. Clearly, north korea watching u. S. National media about its coverage of the president , referencing his frequency of golf outs. Today saying in their statement that President Trump, the american president in the words of the North Koreans, u. S. President at the golf links again, let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation. So that a bit of a rhetorical shot across the bow. But lets be frank here as well. North korea made a very specific and threat threat, specifying a target, guam, where the u. S. Has two m
Hearing loss. Cuba saying its launched what it calls an urgent investigation. Tonight espionage experts weigh in on the mystery. What happened, whos behind it and what theyre trying to accomplish. Lets get right to the escalating war of words on north korea. A lot of people were taken by surprise of President Trumps threat of fire and fury with north korea. But he has a long history of sometimes surprising statements on Nuclear Weapons. Cnns Suzanne Malveaux has more. Reporter its not the first time the president has brought up using Nuclear Weapons but its the most stark. North korea best not make any more threats to the United States. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. Reporter for those left wondering what the president meant, a clue in a pair of interviews from 1999. First id negotiate. I would negotiate like crazy and id make sure we tried to get the best deal possible. North korea is totally out of control and would you rather have a very, very ser