thank you. the u.n. security council set to meet in emergency session today at the request of the united states. the meeting in response to north korea s launch of what military analysts now think was a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile. they claim to have developed a nuclear capable icbm and tested it as an independence day gift to the u.s. kim jong-un says he won t negotiate over his missile programs until the u.s. ends what he calls its hostile policy and nuclear threat against the north. in response to the test the u.s. and south korea say they conducted a joint ballistic missile drill. and secretary of state rex tillerson has released a statement calling it a new escalation of the threat to the u.s. and the world. let s turn to andrew stevens monitoring the situation from hong kong. good morning to you. where is the story headed from here? reporter: good morning, dave. well, certainly the story is
missile as an independence day gift to the united states. north korea leader kim jong-un says he won t negotiate over his ballistic programs until the u.s. ends what he calls its quote hostile policy and nuclear threat against the north. in response, the test the u.s. and south korea say they conducted a joint ballistic missile drill. and the secretary of state has released a statement calling the north koreaian test a new escalation. he says quote, global action is required to stop a global threat. we want to turn to andrew stevens monitoring the situation from hong kong. i wonder what are the suite of options, the new option for this global response to a global threat? well, the short answer is limited, christine. this is no doubt a significant escalation of tensions globally now from that missile firing
on this as well as nikki haley. they didn t want this to turn into this what military capabilities are. jeremy bash, let me ask you to wear your cia hat, former chief of staff to the cia hat, since hans is waving us away from grim and dire military options. you have kim jong un who was taunting america and our president by basically according to north korea state media calling it an independence day gift. coyou have our you have our new president who spends unprecedented amount of time on social media. i wonder if you can take me inside the psychological war between their unpredictable, homicidal leader and our what you would describe modern day president who uses social media in a way that suggests that every presidential statement isn t always run through an