Was 15 kilotons. World leaders issued rapid responses. President barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. The japanese Prime Minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. The president of south korea called kim jongun fanatically reckless. They are holding a closed door meeting in the Yunited Nations N two hours. We are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. Will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. Probably more than any other western journalist. What is pyongyang up to . Kim jongun, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north Koreas Nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. In addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5. 3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u. S. , still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. The week before that, there was a submari
We continue along. Youre watching cnn, im brooke baldwin. Thank you for being with me. Lets get to it. Donald trump just detailed what he would do if he is elected Commander In Chief, a first runup to his first Commander In Chief forum with Hillary Clinton tonight. Unlike the upcoming debates, the first one in less than three weeks, the two wont be on the same stage but they will face the same crowd, no doubt, the president ial contenders know that Absentee Voting begins in one week. And many people will be sending in ballots early. Many of those folks who are active duty military in his speech, speaking of, donald trump said he would boost defense spending, that he would pump up troop numbers, battalions, ships, jets, and he was there in philadelphia. He laid out his plan for rebuilding of the nations military and in doing so, he ripped into Hillary Clinton, into her foreign policy. Her emails and, oh, so much more. In a trump administration, our actions in the middle east will be tem
Putins play. New questions about his possible influence over donald trump after he takes his praise of putin to a Surprising New level that his opponent calls scary. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room. Donald trump and Hillary Clinton exchanging fierce new attacks portraying one another fit to be Commander In Chief. Trump accuses clinton of a criminal cover up in her email controversy and producing policies that produce ruin and death. Trump trying to shift the focus to clintons controversy as he faces new criticism for remarks he made during a National Security forum overnight. Clinton is ratcheting up her rhetoric as the race against trump tightens. She claims that isis is rooting for trump to win the presidency. She slams trump for trash talking about americas generals when he said u. S. Military leaders have been reduced to rubble under President Obama. Pence also is standing behind trumps claim tha
Security forum, we will break down with what both candidates said. Debate expectations. A majority expects Hillary Clinton to out perform trump. Will they be the most watched president ial debates ever . From dangerous Close Encounters with American Plains to blocking american ships, what is behind the blazen new acts. Were following Breaking News in the race for the white house. Her policies produce ruin and death. Trump says clintons performance showed she is unfit to be president. Clinton saying the same thing about trump. Calling his criticism unpatriotic. New polls show clinton leading trump in pennsylvania and ohio. The candidates are tied in florida. Also following growing concern over russian and iranian apartment. The pentagon said there has been dozens of sdpents this year. Including a russian fighter jet coming within ten feet of a navy plane. Were covering all of that and more this hour with our guests. And our correspondents and expert analysts are standing by. Lets start
One thing he did not do was release his tax returns. His running mate, however, did just that. Cnns Sunlen Serfaty joins me. In terms of the rally, what was he talking about tonight, anything in particular . Reporter its really interesting. Donald trump has the teleprompter tonight, he has prepared remarks but its really a spot where hes deviated from those prepared remarks. It certainly caught our ear tonight. Hes talking about Hillary Clinton, setting up the private email server, all the controversy over her emails and the fact that she did not get charged. Heres what he had to say. Because she is being so protected. She could walk into this arena right now and shoot somebody with 20,000 people watching right smack in the middle of the heart and she wouldnt be prosecuted. Reporter so some pretty Strong Language and words there from donald trump. Of course, thats just more red meat to this crowd. They ate it up. Trump still has not released his taxes. Tonight his running mate, governo