spoiled and reckless is not a unique thing to find in the world today, but it is unique with somebody who has control of what may now be hydrogen weapons as well as nuclear weapons. the chinese, there s been some analysis, why they re afraid and there s at least diplomatic understanding. what are the russians up to? is this simply to distract the united states. the russians have had an interest for well over 100 years. it is close to them and it is another outlet potentially for them. i think the chinese have more at stake and do more to sustain that economy and they can also do more to quickly cool that economy down, though with this leader, does he really care about the other people in the country or does he just care about himself and staying in power and intimidating whoever is necessary for him to stay in power in his own country? let me start with the to-do list that you guys have in september.
world today, but it is unique with somebody who has control of what may now be hydrogen weapons as well as nuclear weapons. the chinese, there s been some analysis, why they re afraid and there s at least diplomat being understanding. what are the russian up to? is this simply to distract the united states. the russians have had an interest for well over 100 years. it is close to them and it is another outlet potentially for them. i think the chinese have more at stake and do more to sustain that economy and they can also do more to quickly cool that economy down, though with this leader, does he really care about the other people in the country or does he just care about himself and staying in power and intimidating whoever is necessary for him to stay in power in his own country? let me start with the to-do list that you guys have in september. it isn t a full month because there s a lot of holidays, so
about it, and i hope the neighborhood understands how critical this is. is the assumption now among the high-level folks in the government that russia and china in some ways have actually north korea appears to be on a faster track in their developments. how helpful has the russians and perhaps the chinese been to them? well, you know, we there s some sense that they have been more helpful than they should have been and more sustainable to the economy than they should be. everybody in the world as well as particularly the countries that are in the region have a lot at stake here. nobody in their right mind would want this to happen. you ve got a leader who is both spoiled and reckless. spoiled and reckless is not a unique thing to find in the world today, but it is unique with somebody who has control of what may now be hydrogen weapons as well as nuclear weapons. why are the russians helping them? there s been some analysis, why china is afraid, and there s at
getting them. usually we have to paraphrase but just 27 words in that statement. dr. pet are leiton joins us live from brisbane, australia. he s a visiting fellow. good morning. good evening to you halfway around the world for us. mobile launchers with solid fuel. that is the concern of military experts who have been watching carefully the development of this program. its missile program. how concerning is that to you? certainly very much so. the mobile rockets are one thing. however, on the other hand, there was this talk earlier this week about the north koreans possibly advancing into hydrogen bomb weapons. certainly hydrogen weapons are a step above a-bombs and that s extremely worrying for everybody. in an interview with the financial times earlier this week, president trump suggested if china won t help us with
word of the test first broke overnight around midnight eastern time when the u.s. geological survey detected a magnitude-6.3 explosion. that s near the country s main testing site in the north you see on that dot there msnbc news is confirming by u.s. officials the claims that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb that they say can be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. japan, south korea, and nato have responded with swift disapproval. here s roy blunt reacting to the threat from kim jong-un earlier on meet the press. you ve got a leader who has both spoiled and reckless, spoiled and reckless is unique with somebody who has control of what may now be hydrogen weapons, as well as nuclear weapons. straight to janice mackey freyer from beijing, also