Im Rosemary Church in atlanta. This is cnn newsroom. South korea is responding to north koreas own Hydrogen Bomb with its own show of force. One defense official said its meant to said that message to pyongyang. Meanwhile, u. S. President donald trump sent another message and its not likely to be viewed here in seoul. It says south korea is finding that their talk of appeasement with north korea will not work. They only understand one thing. We have the latest to the reaction to the missile test and the reaction to the tweet by President Trump, criticizing t an ally. You want to rally around the flag. Get all your allies together show a united front and this tweet has a crack of daylight in it where it shows there isnt this united front or at least President Trump is tweeting out what is going to anger both koreans toward north career. Yes, its true president moon talked about a dialogue and getting to the table with the North Koreans to resolve their conflict. Hes inherited a complete
Hour. The car into a crowded labor day party. Several injured among them reportedly a pregnant woman. And the nurse arrested for refusing a Police Officers order inside the hospital. The outrage. And tonight, the nurse is speaking out right here. Good evening, and its great to have you with us here on a labor day monday, and we begin tonight with all eyes now on this new hurricane. The new storm track just in, and late today, Hurricane Irma was upgraded to a cot goir 4 hurricane. Florida is already preparing tonight. Very likely in the path, and several other states getting ready too. Hurricane irma as you can see now, sweeping toward the caribbean. Winds up to 130 miles per hour, and expected to strengthen even more. A state of emergency just declared in florida. The models showing several tracks that could make u. S. Landfall, anywhere from the Florida Panhandle to the carolinas. People stocking up on water and food, and shelves empty there. The families just witnessed the destructio
Too. Less than a day away. Thats when were going to get and dreamers are not happy to hear it, at least not according to our reporting. News out now on what could happen to the young people brought here illegally by their parents, including some who live in texas and louisiana helping out with Harvey Relief as we get a check on the latest from the storm zone. We have Team Coverage on this labor day monday here at home and all around the world. I want to start over on the north lawn of the white house. Not too far where we are with Kristen Welker. Discussions President Trump is having with the leader of south crea and the overall messaging coming out of the white house. Thats right, hallie. We expect the president to begin a conversation with the leader of south korea any moment now. Thats according to a white house official. It comes after the president has really tried to turn up the heat on the United States allies in the region calling on all of them taput more pressure on north kor
Its most powerful nuclear test ever. The u. S. Responds with a fresh warning to the kim jong un regime. North korea claims it tested a bomb that can be mounted on a missile. Its the First Nuclear test since President Trump took office. Defense secretary james mattis did not mince words during a statement he made outside the white house this afternoon when he warned any north korean threats to the u. S. Or its allies will be met with, quote, a massive military response. Watch. We had a small group, National Security meeting today with the president and the Vice President about the latest provocation on the korean peninsula. Way have many military options. The president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. We made clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea and japan, from any attack. And our commitments among the allies are ironclad. Any threat to the United States or its territories including guam or our allies will be met with a massive military
Jackson. South korea on edge, how are they reacting to this latest nuclear test. . There is a lot of anger, frustration, and frustration in the talk about war that we are hearing today. Here is south korea, the leader has been pushing for negotiations and for reconciliation and he is getting nowhere. In recent days we have seen more military posture. We have seen the training exercises that really send a message that theyre getting more and more serious, they dont want to see a military confrontation. But they have been doing this because they feel theyre just getting nowhere. Theyre also looking to the u. N. Security council hoping for tougher sanctions to be imposed and enforced. Will they enforce any other sanctions that the Security Council comes up with. There are a lot of people in south korea that are concerned about the conflicting messages to the north and the world. The cryptic messages. There are two unpredictable and impulsive leaders, President Trump and kim in north korea