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B-2 that dropped eight dummy pounds that weighed about 2,000 pounds each. they were dropped on a target. clearly a show of force. clearly the bombers, and the bomber that flew close to the border today was escorted by south korea fighter jets in addition to american fighter jets as well. now what we have to wait to see is exactly how the regime will respond. there was an editorial put out by state media earlier today. it didn t specifically address this bombing run, so we don t know if it was written before or after it happened. what we know is after the 2013 incident, north korea aimed its missiles at u.s. bases both in south korea and the pacific, and also put the long range missiles on standby to in a direction toward the united states. they used words like burning with hatred to describe the situation before it eventually deescaladed. nothing like that here in pyongya ....
Four people were killed and ten others injured when a hospital they were working at in northern yemen was hit by some kind of project tile. the impact, we understand, happened early this morning arou around 9:20 a.m. local time. people may be trapped in the rubble where several buildings collapsed. we ll continue to follow this and bring you updates as they come into us. the u.s. air force sent north korea a warning this weekend. days after pyongyang conducted the fourth nuclear test. the u.s. responded with a show of force deploying a b-52 bomber to the korean peninsula. the bomber, which can carry nuclear weapons, was joined by south korea fighter jets. did not fly directly over north korea but admiral harry harris, jr. called it a, quote, demonstration of the ironclad u.s. commitment to our allies in south korea, japan, and the ....
The united states they say it was a self defense mechanism. they have blamed the united states for the nuclear tests and missile tests in the past. i don t think this will be the last time we hear that from pyongya pyongyang. they also released a photo showing kim jong-un signing the order for the nuclear test. but officials defense ministry and inside intelligence services in south korea say they don t think it is a hydrogen bomb simply for the fact that the force may not be strong enough. they are not definitively saying this. they are alluding to that at this point but it could be a couple of days before we know for sure. now to ivan watson in hong kong with international reaction. reporter: hi carol. this nuclear test has triggered ....
Detect radioactive particles in the air to see whether, in fact, this was a hydrogen bomb test. and then you also have china and russia, rivals of the u.s., who have also come out and condemned north korea for this action. all of them saying that they want the denuclearization of the very tense korean peninsula. carol? ivan watson reporting live for us this morning, thank you. well, the white house has seemingly blunted iran s nuclear pursuit. it faces only defiance from north korea. pyongyang not only names the u.s. as a reason for its weapons program but has now conducted three of its four nuclear tests while president obama has been in office. let s get more now from cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski. good morning. reporter: hi, carol. the white house is echoing this international condemnation we are hearing. but this is very similar to the statements we hear every time north korea escalates a situation or provokes its neighbors. and clearly all of the urging ....
Announcement that it had, in fact, carried out a nuclear test. and it accompanied that with photos of kim jong-un dated back to december 15th in what north korean state tv said was his written order to carry out what was being described and what is claimed to have been north korea s first hydrogen bomb test. it has been described as an h-bomb of justice with north korea justifying this nuclear test by claiming it is an effort of self-defense against pressure and threats coming from the u.s. now, pyongyang very much stands alone right now with countries governments all around the world condemning this action for ratcheting up nuclear tensions on the korean peninsula. of course, u.s. allies like japan, south korea have come out with statements condemning this. japan saying that it s put up two military planes to try to ....