the russian leader. democrat saying we have not face the prospect of armageddon since kennedy and the missile crisis. i don t think there s an ability to use a nuclear weapon and not end up with armageddon. look what you just heard from the president, this is stark language. you do not normally hear this from u.s. presidents. not now. and it comes as the u.s. considers how to response to a range of potential scenarios. for more let s bring in jeremy diamond. has there been any escalation from russia that prompted these remarks? reporter: there s no question there is an elevated risk of nuclear war based on the language we ve heard from the russian president but u.s. officials say there is nothing that has changed that nothing that they have seen that has changed in russia s nuclear posture. last week we heard the russian president talking about any and all means necessary to defend russian territory as he talked about the use of nuclear weapons but what we haven t hea
the u.s. navy moving an aircraft carrier strike are group into the waters off the korean peninsula following a series of missile launches over the past two weeks. paula hancocks is in seoul, south korea. paula, we just learned in the last few minutes there appears to have been another missile launch from north korea. what more do we know? well, erica, this particular thing we ve heard about in the last few minutes from the joint chiefs of staff wasn t a missile launch. we re told it was some kind of an aircraft firing exercise they believe. 12 north korean aircraft were detected carrying out some sort of exercise outside of the special surveillance line. this line is in north korea, but it is a virtual line that if any north korean aircraft come below that point, south korea responds. they did that. they mobilized 30 aircraft according to the joint chiefs of staff. you can see this htit for tat i starting to escalate. we know the u.s.s. ronald reagan is back in the waters
that s what the white house wants to talk about. they believe they delivered. the president is dealing with a decision that was made out of his control. the significant, dramatic cut that was made in output levels by opec. the president, blunt, in his view of that. what s your reaction to the opec decision? disappointment. don t hurt him. is it going to be there s a lot of alternatives. we haven t made up our mind yet. reporter: there s so many different elements of this, the domestic economy, the global economy, the bilateral relationship, the geopolitics in the midst of the war in ukraine, and politics, 30 days out from the election. the white house is working on a series of options that the president may pursue to block major increases at the pump. they are aware this is a global market. a decision made by some countries that the u.s. viewed a s allies or should have been allies leading up to it. the disappointment is real. some rage, to some degree, when you t
diplomats from the embassy in washington will be calling the two men. now to growing tensions on the korean peninsula. north korea flying war planes near the south after several missile launches in the last two weeks. this comes as the u.s. and south korea are conducting joint military exercises in the region. paula hancocks is live for us in seoul. what do we know about the latest provocation. reporter: this happened thursday afternoon local time. they called it a protest flight. what they believe happened is that some 12 north korean aircraft were staging some kind of air to surface firing exercise. they say they were flying south of what they call the special surveillance line. this is in north korea but it is a virtual line that the south korean military watches closely if they see north korean
tensions are high on the korean peninsula. north korea conducted more missiles and conducted military exercises. the u.s. navy tooked two warships in naval defense exercises. general m general, nice to see you. this aircraft, the special surveillance line, place that on the scale of aggression. is that a nudge or a slap? how provocative is that? that s a slap, in your terminology. anything the north koreans do to push the boundaries, the international boundaries is more than a nudge. it s a slap, a defiance, to acknowledge the international rules of engagement. however, it s a routine slap.