But were not armed, as you mention. another error in the north korea statement is the b-1 fees did not actually fly over the korean peninsula. they were off the east coast according to that. they practice flying together and can expect more measures while the president is in asia, but the reaction of north korea shows that how easy it is that north korea can miss misread the u.s. intent, especially if they think the warplanes are nuclear capable in the art. the american b-1b bombers took off from guam last night and there was a big plant of training missing and there is no accident that coincided with the presidents trip to asia. shep: speaking of that, what to expect along the way here? the agency is now reporting that north korea could be preparing for another missile test. for the first time in a decade, three u.s. aircraft carriers will be in asia together and are expected to be off the coast of
Deter the united states. we have seen ever-growing sanctions, tightening sanctions and this massive military show that we re seeing off the south korean peninsula this week and throughout this north korea said we are standing firm, we re not going to back down, and part of what these sanctions and these military shows of force are meant to do is to induce the north koreans to back down. there will be a parade of really powerful artillery and weaponry coming through the south korean skies over the korean peninsula off the waters, really to encourage the north koreans to back down from this, but what we re seeing now is that they re not willing to back down. i think the north koreans are frankly, too close to this milestone that kim jong-un has laid out. he said very clearly earlier this year that he has a goal in mind. his goal is to put a nuclear weapon, get it small enough to put on a missile that is capable of striking the mainland united states. he has shown that he is very
Their concern, indeed, fright, is not too strong a term, is reflected in those private conversations with a variety of colleagues on both sides of the aisle. they re fearful about the president s stability. they are apprehensive about the loose talk, impulsive and rash statements on twitter and elsewhere. the kind of consequences that could result are extremely sobering for our men and women in uniform and for countless civilians on the south korean peninsula. so why and that s the i was going to say, senator, why aren t they speaking out if they firmly believe, as senator corker does, that this potent l potentially lead to a world war iii. aren t there responsibilities as united states senators to speak out on these issues? i believe my republican colleagues have a responsibility, all of us do, and i think they may well in the future, emboldened by senator corker s courage. some of them have spoken on
Welcome back to velshi and ruhle. here are the top stories we re watching right now. shows of force. the u.s. military flew bombers and fighter jets over the south korean peninsula today in joint exercises with south korea and japan. china and russia began drills in the region ahead of the u.n. general assembly meeting. north korea is set to be a focal point for lead ergs ers at the this week. in st. louis, more than 80 people were arrested after a third night of protests that turned violent. demonstrations began in response to friday s acquittal of a police officer who shot and killed an african-american man in 2011. two suspects are in custody after friday ster torre ter to a london tube. they re 18 and 21-year-old men. the terrorism threat level was
They sell this stuff around the world. they have links to iran, syria. terrorist groups. all the chemical weapons in syria were from in order cree. they earned about $2 billion to $3 billion a year from these weapons. the second thing they want is worse. they want to absorb south korea. kim jong-un knows his rule is not stable unless he can convince the north korean people that he s about to do it. you have one poor korea next to a rich korea. the people in poor korea will sacrifice only if they think there s a higher goal. kim jong-un has talked about final victory. that s north korean code for taking over the entire south korean peninsula. that will case they ll start to try to do this in a year or so. that s when they get confident