wire tap donald trump. and he also of course remember has gotten into this sort of war with the mayor of london during a previous attack. this is part of a pattern at this point and the british allies are getting used to it whether they like it or not. i guess special relationship or not, it all depends on how you define special. i have to turn the corn toer to north korea. at a briefing today there was general mcmaster talking how there was a nuclear option with north korea. nikki haley who has gotten high marks for her handling. then these remarks tonight, barry mccaffrey, never minces words, gets our attention and we ll talk about this on the other side. kim jong-un has learned from his father and his grandfather that military provocations that the united states and south carry we never actually respond
general mcmaster talking how there was a nuclear option with north korea. which is of course true. nikki haley who has gotten high marks for her handling. then these remarks tonight, barry mccaffrey, never minces words, off. gets our attention as this did. we ll talk about this on the other side. kim jong-un has learned from his father and his grandfather that military provocations that the united states and south carry we never actually respond to. i fear he has misjudged the current situation. that was a bit chilling as i think you ll agree. what do you think he is referencing there? i think what he s referencing is that the white house has asked the pentagon and the joint chiefs for military options. i m told that the has repeatedly asked his senior military advisers to present those options and to layout what would
are taking seriously, and so since then, and since north korea launched the icbm in july, we have not seen a lot of the actual military provocations from the north, but now in the span of this weekend, we are have seen them launch three short range ballistic missiles traveling 150-plus miles a and putting in range seoul and military bases in south korea, and even though the test runs went off in the south of japan, but you also saw the leader kim jong-un going with the special operations with dry runs to the attacking islands in south korea. so brooke, the officials sense here that it is very touch and go, and they believe that any misstep on either side could once again fire up all of the actual confrontations on the peninsulas among the rhetoric that we saw and the strong rhetoric in recent weeks. to be clear, these launches
thanks rene, just one voter standing in this line. there are several hundred now, more expected to come. last time bernie sanders was in west virginia, he spoke to a proud of 2,000 people. we ll see if he gets that here today. and i m sure she s echoing the sentiments of many. let s get to north korea. earlier this morning state media called yesterday s show of force by the u.s. reckless military provocations. the statement follows meetings between president trump and leaders of japan and china about these rising tensions. and here s what he told president xi yesterday. things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in north korea, a problem that something has to be done.
now operational. as you know, we have roughly 30,000 american servicemen and women stationed nearby and while the house takes up a bill on new sanctions against the north, president trump said he is open to meeting with the leader of north korea. benjamin hall is following the breaking developments live from london. the threats do not stop from north korea at the moment. every day, we are hearing something new. today, they say they want to accelerate their nuclear program and get it to maximum pace and try another nuclear device at any time. they are also coming out now and blaming the u.s., seeing the recent military provocations by america risk triggering nuclear conflict and say they were waiting for that moment they can reduce the whole of the u.s. mainland to ruin. the latest threat from left to reinstate media came hours after the two usb one lancer bombers blew training drills over south korean airspace with japanese bombers in another show of strength. japan has also now join