I have a love for these people and hopefully congress will be able to help them and do it properly. I can tell you in speaking too members of congress, they want to be able to do something and do it right. Really, we have to be able to do something and i think its going to work out very well and long term, its going to be the right solution. Dana within the last half hour, the president tweeted out. Joining us now with details, chief National Correspondent ed henry. Ed. Dana, shout out to greg gutfeld. What you see the president doing there is throwing down the gauntlet and saying that congress has to do its job. He is facing political minefield from the left to the right. Basically some republicans warning that the president can lose control. Republican control if this issue is not handled well. They are hopeful they can get a compromise where they show the president is moving to the middle. Trying to be humane towards the dreamers and in exchange, wants democrats to compromise as wel
The reportedly readily buildings in china and russia. Pyongyang has been firing off record test at a record pace. The Trump Administration now threatening to strengthen the penalties. Potentially cutting off all trade with any country that does business with the north. John roberts is live from the north lawn. Good afternoon. About 45 minutes ago, and extra nursing from secretary of defense, James Madison. The type of language i cannot remember hearing out of the u. S. Officials mouth since the cuban missile crisis of october 1962. Secretary madison the president gathered together a small group of National Security advisors to hear the military options that might be available to deal with north korea. Listen to what he said. We have many military options and president wanted to be briefed on each one of them. We make clear that we have the ability to defend ourselves and our allies, south korea, and japan. From any attack. Hears when that language got strident. They warned north korea
It could be loaded on an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. President trump attended church as part of a day of prayer for the Harvey Victims. He was asked about this when he left. Mr. President , will you attack north korea . Arthel the president said well see. We have fox team coverage. We begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts. John the president you remember friday declared a national day of prayer for victims of Hurricane Harvey and the people lost in the storm. He is now back at the white house. In less than half an hour he will convene his National Security team to figure out what steps to take next. What the president and his National Security team are worried about in these photographs that north korea released last night. Lets go to those. Its kim jongun taking a look and reviewing along with his chief scientists what is reported to be a missilesize thermoNuclear Weapon. A Hydrogen Bomb that can be mounted on an intercontinental Ballistic Missile. There is n
Which reportedly rattled buildings in china and russia. Pyongyang has been conducting weapon tests at a record pace this year, drawing new sanctions from the International Community. The Trump Administration is now threatening to toughen those penalties, potentially cutting off all trade with any country doing business with the north. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts is live from the north lawn. John, a stunning announcement earlier. Yeah, arthel, i mean, what you just talked about there was really just not even the half of what happened today. An extraordinary statement from the secretary of Defense James Mattis just down the driveway here at the white house, talk that we really havent heard from a public official in the United States since the october 1962 cuban missile crisis. The secretary of defense starting off by saying that the president gathered together a small group of his National Security advisors. It was secretary mattis chairman of the joint chiefs of staff,
Like they did back in the golden days of radio. Theyre not gathering around necessarily an old radio set but it might be listening around a laptop together. This is the cbs weekend news. Quijano good evening. Im elaine quijano. This is our western edition. It could be a nuclear gamechanger. Today, north korea said it successfully set off a thermonuclear weapon, a Hydrogen Bomb. The undergroundblast triggered a magnitude 6. 3 earthquake near north Koreas Nuclear testing site deep in the mountains. The physics of Hydrogen Bombs or hbombs make them far more destructive than the atomic weapons north korea is believed to have tested in the past. Todays test, though not verified, sent shockwaves around the world. Ben tracy begins our coverage. Reporter state television said north korea carried out what it called a perfect test of a Hydrogen Bomb. In a statement it said the test allowed north korea to confirm the power control technology and internal Structural Design newly introduced into ma