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
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
in ballots that early. a lot of them are active duty servicemen and women. and talk about the veterans here in a speech today, trump said he would boost defense spending, pumping up troop numbers, battalions, ships, cruisers, submarines, et cetera. and he laid out his plan for rebuilding the nation s military. and he ripped into the foreign policies of hillary clinton. i will ask my generals to present to me a plan within 30 days to defeat and destroy isis. this will require a military warfare but also cyber warfare, financial warfare, and ideological warfare. what have we gotten from the horrible, horrible decisions made by barack obama and secretary clinton. libya is in ruins our ambassador and three other brave americans are dead, and isis has gained a new base of operations. this reduction was done through what is known as sequester which you ve all heard about, or automatic defense budget cuts. under the budget agreement, defense took half of the cuts, even though it m
knee. a denver broncos linebacker bombs the latest to protest during the national anthem. i m against social injustice. let s talk, live in the cnn newsroom. and good morning, i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. north korea says it has carried out the most powerful nuclear test yet. the explosion registering the force of a 5.3 earthquake, kim jong-un s government saying it can make nuclear war heads to fit on to missiles. president obama and other world leaders strongly condemning it. we have the team covering the angles. we begin in tokyo, though, with cnn s will ripley. hi, will. reporter: hi, carol. just within the last hour, japanese prime minister shinzo abe says this test has taken the test from north korea to a new level and that sentiment was reiterated by the president park. they are fanatically reckless. we re learning about the size of the explosion which triggered the earthquake, stronger than the 5.1 triggered. it is believed this expl
collapsing, it s just too painful for a lot of people to watch. this morning there s a group of first responders commemorating the day at the 9/11 memorial outside jerusalem. take a look at this. this is the only such memorial outside the u.s. that lists the name of every victim. now back to new york where the lower manhattan skyline changed forever, a little less than two hours away from the moment of silence that will honor the exact moment when the first tower was hit. commissioner, good morning to you. good morning. commissioner bratton, first would we look back at that day, most people across the country are seeing themselves where they were watching it on television. they weren t in new york. they certainly weren t members of the department. 23 officers died that day. what does it mean to you? the day is always a very poignant one. a very different morning than that morning. that morning was the brilliantly clear skies and for a week afterward there was not a cl