Material they have. Reporter last month, north koreas Defense Commission said the United States is its prime target for its nuclear and rocket programs. The north staterun media says the test is a direct response to sanctions put in place after a december missile launch. This was north koreas First Nuclear test under its young leader, kim jongun. While the white house calls it a provacative act, the u. S. And allies knew the test was coming. What is interesting is they have done this in defiance in not only in our views but china. China tried very hard to keep them from doing this. So what will be very interesting in the weeks to come is what does that mean when the chinese say dont do something and they do it. Reporter indeed, chinas position has always been that it wanted to preserve the status quo on the korean peninsula. Weve learned today that china, north koreas closest ally, has now said that it is firmly opposed to north Koreas Nuclear test. Back to you, annemarie. Lucy craft i
Nuclear test. A magnitude 5. 1 earthquake was detected not far from the site the north used to conduct a similar test in 2009. Seismologists say the tremors are consistent with underground explosions. Now the condemnation from the International Community was swift. President obama called the test highly provocative and said it threatens u. S. Security and international peace. Lucy craft is in tokyo with more this morning. Good morning, lucy. Reporter good morning, annemarie. The u. N. Security council is going to be holding an emergency session today on measures to deal with the north Korean Nuclear test. And here in japan, Prime Minister abe, of course, coming out strongly condemning this as a provocative act. Hes called on his advisers to come up with possible unilateral sanctions that japan cant oppose. It was only two months ago that a missile was fired from north korea. It went over part of southern japan. So the concern is that this latest test moves north korea closer toward cre
Since august combining bankrupt american what the much smaller us airways. It has to be approved by the anti antitrust regulators but if this mega merger is approved, four airlines will control about three quarters of the u. S. Airline traffic. Susan mcginnis is in washington with more on this story. Susan, good morning. Good morning. This is the latest mergener this massive consolidation that has taken place over just the last five or six years. This ones going to combine the third and fourth Biggest Airlines to form the largest. Now, the typical winners in these massive deals are usually airlines themselves because they can save on jet fuel and routes and boost profits on wall street. For travelers it often leads to higher fares, fewer flights, and fewer assets. American airlines and us airways are joining forces to join the Biggest Airline in the world. Our best goal Going Forward is to make it the biggest strongest airline in the country, and i suppose thats about to happen. The co
Good morning, and thank you so much for joining us. Its now exactly two weeks until the election. President obama and mitt romney met last night for their final debate, and the topic was Foreign Policy, though they did bring up domestic issues. While they agree on several issues, including afghanistan and syria, it was the president who took the more aggressive line. The race remains too close to call, though. A cbs news poll of likely voters taken before last nights debate has the president holding on to a twopoint lead. But thats within the polls margin of error. Randall pinkston is in boca raton, florida. Good morning. Reporter it was contentious from the start, mitt romney accusing the president of a series of Foreign Policy failures, including failure to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon, failure to bring peace to the middle east, failure to deal more harshly and directly with china. Meanwhile, president obama said that romneys Foreign Policy positions were wrong and at time
Tunnel nearly half a mile underground. Chiles government has released a video shot by miners as officials continue to work on a rescue that could take months. Randall pinkston is in washington with that part of the story. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Before we get to that video, a point here, the mining accident is forcing the chilean government to take a look at its own role in enforcing safety rules. But as you say, right now the focus is on rescuing those trapped men. 2300 feet underground the 33 trapped miners are doing everything they can to keep their spirits up. Id like to say hello to my grandchildren, this man says, and all my family. These new images offer the best look yet at the conditions the men have been dealing with for 22 days now. The footage was shot with a camera that rescue crews sent down through a bore hole used for communication. The piners are perspiring but are holding up. Yesterday the miners learned they will likely stay trapped until christma