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
forced to do it due to the unjust actions it says by the u.s. and the uk. they re saying they re victims it sounds like. phil black in moscow, thank you. let s bring in former u.s. ambassador to russia, thomas pickering. ambassador, good to see you. what do you make of this missile first, this provocation amid the international backlash following the poisoning of that former russian spy in the uk? thank you, ana. i think we need to be concerned. normally states test missiles when missiles need to be tested. kim jong-un instituted a different practice and maybe it has been adopted here. we don t know. but any linkage of nuclear deterrence with the current spat is an upgrade that i think one needs to be careful about. i worry about accident and miscommunication, it is hard to know whether we re close or far away from that. but the mere notion that there is a minor chance of something going awry on the nuclear side
they would be expelling diplomats and suspected spies. they will have to lose the same number of people from russia. russia was taking action against all of them, but it clearly holds two countries responsible for it says leading this, the united kingdom and the united states. it s accused them of bullying friends and allies to jump on board and expel russian diplomats and it s threatened to take further action against the u.s. and uk if it believes it s appropriate. phil black in moscow, thank you. just ahead, what is stormy daniels lawyer holding back. talking to cnn about the mountain of evidence he has. when will americans get to see that evidence? we are hearing about why former apprentice contestant summer parted ways with her lawyer, gloria allred. you bought a house. okay. [ buttons clicking ]
choice about is continuing as we speak. there s a queue forming outside the russian embassy, being called in to be told that they now have to kick out some of their personnel in return. ana? phil black in moscow, thanks for that update. we re following more breaking news. a u.s. official tells cnn one u.s. service member has been killed in syria after an ied attack yesterday. two members of the u.s.-led coalition in syria were also killed and five wounded. the u.s. maintains about 2,000 u.s. troops there in syria, mostly working with local allies fighting isis. the president is back at mar-a-lago after a week spent almost entirely off camera, during the week expelling diplomats, the president tapping the white house physician to head the government s second largest departments, he s
25 countries and where are we on some of the more powerful nations like china? reporter: china has offered some statements on this. the foreign ministry spokesman addressed this today. she asked the countries to, quote, abandon a cold war mentality. she went on to say, relevant countries should avoid taking any actions that would aggravate the conflict and work together to preserve peace and stability of the international community, trying to make the point that it s opposed to the use of chemical weapons but seems to be urging relevant parties to talk this through in a peaceful, calm way, to try to stop this from escalating further. phil black in moscow, thank you very much. this morning the question is asking the question, who was on that train in china? we re talking about what s been called the mystery train in china. we re told it s extremely or highly likely that kim jong-un, the leader of north korea on board there.