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 obama s visit to asia. reporter: that s right. the timing certainly is interesting, john. the fact is north korea announced on state-run 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 korea s 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 jong-un is determi
was 15 kilotons. world leaders issued rapid responses. president barack obama called the nuclear test a grave theft. the japanese prime minister said it was absolutely unacceptable. the president of south korea called kim jong-un fanatically reckless. they are holding a closed door meeting in the yunited nations n two hours. we are joined by will, lisa and victor, joining us from washington. will, you have been to north korea several times over the last few years. probably more than any other western journalist. what is pyongyang up to? kim jong-un, when i was last in north korea in may solidified his power and lined up his leadership to develop north korea s nuclear program at a dizzying pace in the last several months and weeks. in addition to this nuclear test which caused a 5.3 magnitude earthquake, still yet to are verified by the u.s., still testing radiation levels, three missiles launch from the ground capable of hitting here in japan. the week before that, there
that memory? with that, it s very simple. whenever i feel sad, depressed, worried, i think of that day and the courage of those first responders and it lifts me up and it works every time. really? when you have witnessed so much courage and heroism, there is no way you can complain about life. not wanting to find a solution. that s a pretty remark annual thing if that s what you take away from it. yes. not all of the loss and the pain and the horror but you saw the beauty and resolve of people to save others. yes. you always see that. that s a big lesson we ve learned. the moment where the world seems the darkest, that s where you have this ray of light, this ray of hope that comes. for us it was the first responders that saved us. or everyday americans or people were in the towers saving people and helping each other. be sure to watch the full episode of the film 9/11, fifteen years later. you can see it here on cnn at 6:00 p.m. in hong kong, 8:
potentially groundbreaking deal on u.s. and russian cooperation in syria. for the first time both sides will now be working together to try to end the conflict there, which could, if successful, as you heard the secretary of state there just a moment ago, could help battle isis in the country as well. the agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u.s./russian relations have been pretty frosty. today the united states and russia are announcing a plan, which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume movement towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. working together, russia and the united states, and our teams, have devised what we think is a more prescriptive and far-reaching approach than we have been able to put together to date. this as donald trump tries to dial back his praise for russian president vladimir putin after being slammed for calling him a stronger leader than president obama. she talks about me. oh, d
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