chris, who knows when parts will become available. well how long is going to be a big question there, but at least we know about it now, alisyn. also breaking overnight, north korea claiming nuclear weapons are within its rich. pyongyang says the country has achieved a key step towards placing a nuclear warhead on a missile. will ripley joins us from tokyo with breaking details. will what do we know? reporter: this is a troubling development, chris. we saw these warning signs when we were in north korea a short time ago. while i was in the country the state announced they had successfully launched a test missile from a submarine. now a new announcement the north korea also says they have the ability to take nuclear bombs and make them small enough to fit on a ballistic missile. ballistic missile that pyongyang says would have the capability of reaching the u.s. of course all of this very troubling not only for the united states which is north korea s number one sworn enemy. they ta
so you want to keep in touch and call your dealer as soon as possible. can we talk about the timeline of this? because honda knew that there were issues in 2008 and began trying to address them. why just yesterday did takata issue this recall? well you ll have to ask the company that question. i think that they made a huge mistake. if they had called the vehicles back in 2008 when they first really knew there was a problem, then they would have a much cheaper and much more efficient recall back then. now it s just so humongous that people are at risk and i know we re going to see more deaths and injuries. this effects a whole bunch of different cars, different models models. bmw, chrysler nissan mitsubishi ford gm toyota
refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. that changes today. reporter: the most serious accidents have occurred in hondas. but the recall also involves fords, chryslers, mazdas bmws. in all 11 manufacturers and parts suppliers. and there could be more. how long is this going to take? nobody knows that yet. there is no question it could be some years. reporter: the manufacturer issued a statement saying it remains committed to consumer safety but like the government it does not yet know why the airbags are exploding. although takata has devoted tremendous resources to these efforts with some of the leading researchers, it is clear this is a complex issue which takes time to fully evaluate. i m hearing that it may take up to a year for all the replacement parts to even be in place. but to your second question chris, how do you know if your car is involved go to the website safercar.gov. there you can put in your vehicle identification number the v.i.n. number.
also does believe and they re actually talking about this back in april that north korea has the ability to miniaturize nuclear weapons. however, the accuracy of their ballistic missile, the number of weapons that they may possess, of course there are suspicions that the north does tend to embellish, but the bottom line here chris, this country which doesn t have enough money to feed its own people is investing a tremendous amount of money in its military program specifically its nuclear program. they are very serious about developing nuclear weapons and have no plans to back down chris. so it does seem safe to say it s not an if but a when question. we ll stay on it. will thank you very much. to iraq now where isis is tightening its grip on ramadi and now pressing east. top iraqi government officials are hoping to stop the terrorist advance by moving even more fighters into the area. cnn international correspondent arwa damon has more live from jordan. reporter: good morning, mi
are we going to light our hair on fire every time there s a setback in the campaign against isil? we know that hope is not a strategy. the president s plan isn t working. all right. well that s the debate raging in washington over the u.s. strategy on fighting isis after the fall of ramadi. is the strategy working or not? let s turn to phillip mudd former cia counterterrorism official. good to see you. good morning. is the strategy against isis working or failing? i don t think we can say it s working. we just lost ramadi. remember last summer and last fall we were talking about the rapid advances of isis. those advances have slowed. the government s had i would say modest success. remember they took tikrit the kurds have had some success. i think though we re missing a basic question here. there are conversation we can have around the margins, whether we have an independent avenue of