harris: it s under sink to hear president say he wants to jump into this. north korea reportedly appears to be ready for another missile launch. after conducting its sixth and most powerful nuclear test yet. u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley says kim jong un is begging for war. what needs to be done to stop the threat? we are tracking irma, very active season as they said it would be. irma strengthening to a category five hurricane. where it s going and how likely it is to hit the united states. stay close.
only block one. and 6 is greater than one. rethink your allergy relief. flonase sensimist. welcome back. you re watching quts velshi and ryu. nikki haley, ambassador to the united nations speaking a few moments ago. you speak about the crisis situation we re facing, this comes a day after telling the u.n. security council that north korean leader kim jong-un is begging for war with his recent provocative acts. amid that warning, growing speculation that north korea is preparing to conduct another long range missile test days from now. joining us now, lindsay ford, political affairs for the asia policy institute and former pentagon adviser on asia and
korea useless. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nicky hall of famy insists that kim jong-un is begging nikki haley insists that kim jong-un is begging for war. this as the trump administration is set to announce the end congress returns from toy long to-do list and tight deadlines. we begin with will ripley live in tokyo. will, you just completed your 14th trip to north korea. there have been a flurry of developments in the last few hours. reporter: a lot of fast-moving developments here and things are not at the moment headed in the right direction, john. you have reports from south korea they are observing significant activity on the north side possibly rolling an icbm toward the north korean coast. this is a launch site that could send a missile on a trajectory over japan, where i am or it could send a missile south. kim jong-un threatened to launch missiles using the pacific as its new target specifically
that s ahead this hour. i m ed henry in for shepard smith. north korean dictator kim jong-un is begging for war. that s what the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. said today after north korea conducted their sixth and most powerful nuclear test yesterday. officials are warning that kim jong-un may be preparing to test yet another missile. possibly one that could reach the united states mainland. nikki haley told the u.n. security council members in an emergency meeting enough is enough. war is never something the united states wants. we don t want it now. but our country s patience is not unlimited. we will defend our allies and our territory. meanwhile, officials in pyongyang claim they tested a hydrogen bomb that they could put on an intercontinental ballistic missile. scientists here in the u.s. say they estimated the blast to be
is begging for war. do you agree? he certainly is acting in a very provocative fashion. he is certainly pushing back against the threats or threats of action that have come from the trump administration. i do think one of the difficulties here for the white house is this is a difficult problem, and for threats to work, they need to be realistic. now, we ve seen the white house at times suggest it might consider military action. we ve also seen them suggest they might sort of try to stop trade with china if it doesn t stop trading with north korea. nobody really believes either of those things are imminent. and so i think that weakens the effectiveness of making the threat in the first place. allan, some would argue kim just wants a seat at the table. he s, quote, embarrassing china by doing things when china is maybe having a major meeting in their country and hosting countries there. and instead he wants china to press the u.s. to sit down with