Nbc is live at the pentagon. Mick, whats the latest . Reporter good morning, savannah. Weve been here before. This one has set off some serious alarm bells. First of all, early readings indicate that this Nuclear Device exploded by the North Koreans may have been anywhere from three to six times more power than than previous tests. At the same time the North Koreans claim they were able to achieve that with a much smaller device. That would indicate that they could be making progress in miniaturizing a Nuclear Weapon and it could be put on a missile and theoretically launched at the you states. No one is confirming that, but it got everyones attention. This blast got the immediate and sharp response from the white house. President obama says it threatens. U. S. National security. He says the United States will continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies. And as matt mentioned a moment ago, the Security Council at the u. N. Meeting at this moment to discuss tight
Today, tuesday, february 12th, 2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. And im matt lauer. Important news breaking overnight. U. N. Security council is going to hold an emergency meeting this morning to address north koreas overnight nuclear test. This is north koreas Third Nuclear test, but the first under its new leader, kim jong un. Well have a live report from the pentagon straight ahead. A Big Development in the story weve been following, two men now charged in connection with the murder of a 15yearold chicago girl who performed at the president s inauguration. Well get reaction to that news from her parents who, by the way, will attend tonights state of the Union Address with the first lady. Well also talk to a senior white house adviser about the pres address. Then well take a turn. You may have heard of snap chat. It
2013. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a tuesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. And im matt lauer. Important news breaking overnight. U. N. Security council is going to hold an emergency meeting this morning to address north koreas overnight nuclear test. This is north koreas Third Nuclear test, but the first under its new leader, kim jong un. Well have a live report from the pentagon straight ahead. A Big Development in the story weve been following, two men now charged in connection with the murder of a 15yearold chicago girl who performed at the president s inauguration. Well get reaction to that news from her parents who, by the way, will attend tonights state of the Union Address with the first lady. Well also talk to a senior white house adviser about the pres address. Then well take a turn. You may have heard of snap chat. It lets you send a picture and con
It is 2 00 p. M. In washington where the president says he does not want another shutdown. Hes not quite ready to commit of the bipartisan border deal either. Well, we have not gotten it yet, well be getting it and looking for land mines, we have a lot of things happening right now. We are building a lot of walls with money that we already have. I dont want to see a shutdown. Just yesterday donald trump told reporters he was unhappy with the legislation which includes 1. 375 billion for 55 miles of fencing, not concrete wall thats far below the 5. 7 billion and the 234 miles of steel wall that he wanted. And it is that ambiguity from the top of the party prompting republicans on the hill to be non committal as well. Do you have assurances from the president that hell sign the Border Security . Well, i dont think the president should anything until he reads the bill. Thats why you have not heard from me until i see the language and until i know whats inside it. But, you do intend to vot
Stephanopoulos reminded me of a scene. Ive seen a lot of things over my life. I dont think in my whole life ive ever called the fbi. In my whole life. You dont call the fbi. You throw somebody out of your office. You said that interference . Its not interference, its information. I think he would tay it. In the face of a growing core us. Criticism, he headed to his favorite tv show this morning to deny what he had said. If i was and of course you have to look at it. If you dont look at it, you know if its bad. How do you know if its bad . Of course you give it to the fbi or report it to the attorney general or somebody like that. But of course you do that. You couldnt have that happen with our country. But how are you if you dont hear what it is, you wont know what it is. Nobody is going to say bad things to me. They know im a very straight player. Theres steve ducey shaking his head it obvious approval. And the report showed several links, and russia worked to secure the outcome and t