We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking news tonight, the United States says its ready to do whatever it takes to defend against the grave threat from north koreas rapidly expanding nuclear program. North korea claims it has the abilities to produce weapons with a higher strike power that it could use against the United States and its allies. Hillary clinton says the world must stop north koreas dangerous game. She pet with a group of experts a while ago. Clinton says the Nuclear Threats are a reminder that americans must choose a Commander In Chief that can respond with steadiness and strength. Donald trump is responding by trying to cast blame on clinton. Hes calling the nuclear test one more massive failure from a failed Secretary Of State. Also tonight, russia holds massive war games in crimea. Experts say putin is sending a message to the u. S. And the world that hes in control of krimea and f
well, to discuss all things us eu relations and much more, i spoke tojeremy shapiro, director of research at the european council on foreign relations, and former senior adviser on european affairs at the us state department. if we look, firstly, at what we saw the us president joe biden doing this week a lot of muscle flexing, a lot of showing of strength of the various alliances what is your assessment of where the us eu relationship is now? in a certain way it is in very good shape. there is nothing as good for a relationship as finding an enemy and they have found an enemy in russia and vladimir putin and that has definitively bought them together. and these summits are, in some sense, a lot showier and a lot easier with a lot grander language than they used to be. but there is a difficulty
look firstly at what we saw the us presidentjoe biden do this week. a lot of muscle flexing, a lot of showing of strength of the various alliances. what is your assessment of where the us you eu relationship is now? in a certain way it is in very good shape. there is nothing is good shape. there is nothing is good for a relationship is finding an enemy and they have found an enemy in russia and vladimir putin and that has definitively bought them together. these summits in some sense a lot show we are and a lot easier with a lot grander language than they used to be. but there is a difficulty at the core of it which is that increasingly in part because of what is happening with russia europeans have come to depend evermore on the united states and yet at the same time the united states is less and less certain to be there for them after the next election or even regardless of how that comes out into the distant future. so
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burnett outfront next on cnn. tonight north korea s kim jong un is taking his nuclear threats to a new level he s claiming to have tested an underwater drone capable of creating a giant radioactive tsunami. brian todd is taking a closer look, brian, we ve seen a lot of muscle flexing by kim in the last few days, and now this right alex kim jong un again is getting creative with these weapons. but more ominously, analysts say he s showing the u. s and its allies that his regime s capability to deliver nuclear weapons in different ways. is growing. new information tonight on the north korean strongman s brutality and his unrelenting ambition to threaten his enemies . with these photos showing tracks just under the surface, kim jong un s regime claims to have tested an underwater drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. kim himself was photographed beaming next to a