In paula hancocks. Paula, the fifth Nuclear Test North Korea appears to have conducted and the most powerful one and coming on the heels of President Obamas visit to asia. Reporter thats right. The timing certainly is interesting, john. The fact is north korea announced on staterun television saying they successfully tested the Nuclear Warhead and they can put that on any one of the Ballistic Missiles. It is impossible for the world to verify that specifically in washington and seoul and tokyo. In the past hour, there has been an intelligence briefing for lawmakers here in seoul. They have said they believe north koreas goal is to mount a Nuclear Warhead on a scud missile. Remember 28,000 u. S. Troops in south korea are here now. This is going much quicker than expected. Intelligence says north korea has advanced quicker than expected. There is large interest around the world in china and japan and russia condemning the nuclear test. It shows that kim jongun is determined to forge ahea
Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im john berman. Im christine romans. It is 4 00 a. M. In the east. North korea conducting the fifth nuclear test since january. South korean officials record seismic activity with a 5. 3. The latest provocation from pyongyang is fantastically reckless. Lights go to seoul and bring in Paula Hancocks. Paula, tell us more. Reporter christine, it was an announcement we heard on north korean state run television saying they successfully tested a Nuclear Warhead. They could put that on any ballistic missile. That is a statement that will concern most of the world. Certainly we have seen Conde Condemnation from South Korea And Japan and russia and everyone. There is no way of verifying whether or not this is accurate. It is important to take north korea at its word. The magnitude is question. We are hearing from experts. You can see we lost Paula Hancocks there. This is the fifth nuclear test from north korea. South korea is quite concerned. We are starti