the thing that ensures his survival he believes is to have a nuclear weapon. shepard: wonder what kind of reaction he d get to an h-bomb test in the pacific. we have had h-bomb tests before, a couple of weeks ago, we think, it was underground. this would obviously be more stunning because it would be over ground. it would be over the water. we would see the mushroom cloud that would bring home what the threat is. do i think we ll go to war over a nuclear test, probably not. particularly not with all of these sanctions just getting started. shepard: chris wallace, from washington, looking forward to your program on fox news sunday. he ll talk with microsoft co-founder bill gates about the gates foundation, the world s biggest private charity among other things, on fox news sunday on your local fox station. the white house is getting set to take another try at a travel ban. the first ban caused a bit of chaos. so what is different this time? just released details coming up from the
dotard with fire. what beyond his expectation means, we cannot be sure, but the north korean foreign minister who is here in new york for the general assembly, warned the south korean press corps tonight this, quote, it could be the most powerful debt nation of an h bomb in the pacific. could be, he said. with us here tonight, andrea mitchell, our chief foreign affairs correspondent who has been covering this topic in this region for a long time. and joe certificate sin i don t even i never. this is tough. it s always i know. it s late. joe certificate certificate, author of three relevant books for our conversation. nuclear nightmare, securing the world before it s too late, bomb scare, the history and future of nuclear weapons, and deadly arsenals, nuclear, biological and chemical threats. he s also a veteran of the house armed services committee staff and teaches at georgetown
ranged u.s. dotard with fire. dotard meaning an older person, who s senile, by the way. he said we re consider with seriousness exercising of a corresponding highest level of hard-line countermeasure in history. no idea what that means but kelly o donnell might. she s following the president in somerset, knowledge knowlednew . any idea what that means? reporter: we looked to north korea s foreign minister because he had an opportunity to talk to reporters after kim jong-un made that speech and that belligerent banter between the two leaders of the united states and north korea. the foreign minister says it is possible that kim jong-un would decide to taste a h-bomb, hydrogen bomb, over the pacific ocean to president trump s threat to destroy north korea if
this morning. kim jong-un has personally responded to trump for the first time since his u.n. speech this week in which trump threatened to totally destroy north korea if the u.s. were forced to defend itself. in an official statement, kim called trump a frightened dog who will, quote, pay dearly for threatening to destroy the regime. and now north korean s foreign minister says a new nuclear test may be in the works telling reporters it could be the most powerful detonation of an h-bomb in the pacific. the president fired back against the new threats this morning. tweeting in part i just want you to get your head around this. this is where this thing has escalated to and we re still doing this on twitter. kim jong-un who is obviously a mad man will be tested like never before. all this comes as trump imposed economic sanctions on north korea yesterday. signing an executive order that penalizes any company doing business with pyongyang. now, that s where it gets interesting.
reporter: kim jong-un made a personal statement addressing the speech by president trump where he called on totally destroying north korea. what kim jong-un s statement implies is he is insulted by what president trump said and justified in making his own threats. and he s threatening that north korea still may have more powerful weapons in the works. he s saying that president trump will quote pay dearly for what he has said. we combine that with the hint from the north korean foreign minister that perhaps there is the test of a powerful h bomb in the pacific ocean that s in the works. that they just have to await orders from kim jong-un. this is ramping up the rhetoric and the sense of tension across the region and analysts worried that we re heading into unchartered territory. this has become a very personal war of words between these two leaders and this with another test there is the very real