this as cnn is learning there has not been any official contact in weeks since secretary pompeo visited pyongyang and had a disastrous visit about denuclearization. more than eight months after north korea s last missile launch, what could be a major blow to president trump s diplomatic efforts with north korean leader kim jong-un. the washington post reports north korea may be developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles at this plant on the outskirtsf of pyongyang. seemingly a far cry from the pledge to work toward complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula. what we see is real time that north korean officials don t take this seriously. they have no intention of giving up anything. that doesn t come as a surprise to the survival of kim jong-un and his family.
we don t know the situation and all areas of the country. i can say this is my 15th trip. i have only seen the living conditions improved and the standards improved, certainly in the capitol of pyongyang. it does not mean it is not felt. we know gas price have spiked considerably but considering most people don t have their own cars anyway. it does not affect day-to-day life. we ll see moving forward. will ripley in pyongyang where they are getting their morning wake up call. across the border, the u.s. allies is also preparing for possible retaliations from pyongyang by conducting live fire drills. cnn s paula hancock has this is
story. they said he testified before a grand jury on august 11. don jr. took the meeting when he was promised damaging information on hillary clinton. and donald trump jr. has agreed to sit down with the senate judiciary committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors as investigators dig into that 2016 meeting. senators have told cnn they expect him to appear as soon as this month. it s still unclear if donald jr. will testify publicly, but an open session right now is still on the table. that would be amazing. fascinating if you would have the president s son testify. we ll see what happens. we ll see what happens not behind closed doors. north korean officials say with each passing day, they re getting more unhappy with the u.s. we have a rare look inside the city of pyongyang, coming up. the president will announce tuesday if he s entering the so-called dreamers program. but now house speaker paul ryan is saying, please don t.
until 1991. that would get the attention of pyongyang and beijing. lastly, this is a last resort. you get the japanese to announce they are going to go nuclear. that will get the immediate attention of the chinese who will have to decide which do they prefer? a divided korean peninsula with a client state in the north or a nuclear japan. if we are not prepared to take the steps, nothing will happen and north korea will become a nuclear state. bret: the latest fox poll on president trump and north korea. 56% of those polled saying president trump is not tough enough. plus 40 on not tough enough. getting tough is tough. it is. there aren t a lot of great options. one of the challenges with returning tactical nukes to
learn more about that earthquake. parts of southern chile are under a redd alert. 4/thousands of people are being evacuated from the area. wednesday s eruption was the first in almost half a century. ash clouds forced officials to cancel some flights in both chile and argentina. north korea s neighbor and closest ally is putting out a frightening new report warping of pyongyang s nuclear capabilities. that story is ahead. and then a u.s. general who divulged classified information to his loafer has learned his fate. what david petraeus had to say outside the courtroom. hello! this little beauty here is top-of-the-line. see, you just pull like this to go left. and like so to go right. where are the brakes? uh, just grab ahold of both and pull straight back.