"The DPRK must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons. Defense Secretary James Mattis also weighing in with a statement that really had very strong language in it. REX TILLERSON, SECRETARY OF STATE: I think Americans should sleep well at night and have no concerns about this particular rhetoric of the last few days. They will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. I want you to listen to the president on Tuesday, and then Rex Tillerson, the Secretary of State, yesterday on a plane to Guam.ĭONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States. "The Washington Post," this morning, "A Lack of Coordination on North Korea." When we look at the commentary from - you know, from senior administration officials and the president himself, you know, it's hard to see kind of one message here. You know, the coordination of the response from the American administration on the North Korea threat getting an awful lot of attention. ROMANS: Let's bring in "CNN POLITICS" reporter Tal Kopan in Washington to help us break down all of this, this morning. MARQUEZ: Tensions always high there, a little higher today. So in the last couple of days, South Korea certainly wanting to beef up its own defenses - Miguel. They described the threat to Guam as absurd.īut, Miguel, we need to also remember that there are some 1,000 artillery pieces on the border from North Korea aimed at the city here in Seoul of 10 million people. They have obviously warned North Korea to stop with this rhetoric - that no one will benefit from war. Now, as far as South Korea goes, we know that the National Security Council met with President Moon Jae-in. Obviously, sending a very strong message if, in fact, that plan was put into place. They would land 30 to 40 kilometers off the coast of Guam outside the territorial waters but inside the economic zone for the United States. They would fly over Japan, approximately airborne for some 17 minutes. This is according to KCNA, North Korea state media. It's also home to some 160,000 people.īut this plan would involve four intermediate-range missiles with nuclear warheads. It is home to a strategic Naval and Air Force base in the United States. Well, today we got some details of that plan to seriously examine a strike directed at Guam, an island in the Western Pacific. Obviously, yesterday we heard that response from North Korea to those fire and fury statements, saying that it would envelop Guam in flames. That he would go so far as to somewhat provoke North Korea when tensions are already so high. president but certainly, speaking to people here in Seoul they are somewhat befuddled (ph), confused that he would actually make those sorts of statements. We haven't heard anything official from the South Korean government as far as those comments coming from the U.S. president's remarks might come as a bit more of a surprise.ĪNNA COREN, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes, that's absolutely right, Miguel. Joining us now with the latest in Seoul, South Korea is Anna Coren.Ĭertainly, no one's surprised by North Koreans speaking so strongly but the U.S. The North Korean statement says, "Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of reason and only absolutely force can work on him." MARQUEZ: The statement also mocks President Trump for speaking from quote, "a golf range" where he says he "Let out a load of nonsense about fire and fury, failing to grasp the ongoing grave situation." Pyongyang says its plan to launch the missiles would be in place within days. State-run media says the launch of four ballistic missiles would signal a crucial warning to the U.S. ROMANS: North Korea says it is quote, "Seriously examining a plan to launch a missile strike targeting the sea about 20 miles off the coast of Guam" where the U.S. Now the world waits to see if - what, if anything, the commander in chief decides to do in response. territory, taking some personal shots at the president along the way. Just a day after the president promised fire and fury if North Korea made another threat against the U.S., Pyongyang does just that, leveling a very fierce, very specific threat to attack a U.S. MARQUEZ: Thirty-one minutes past the hour. MARQUEZ: And, I'm Miguel Marquez in for Dave Briggs this week, who I hope he is taking a nice vacation. Embassy in Cuba targeted with a covert device? Hearing loss for some in Havana raising questions this morning. territory?ĬHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN ANCHOR: And were employees at the U.S. So what will the president do now that Pyongyang has leveled another threat at a U.S. MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN ANCHOR: North Korea says President Trump is bereft of reason and letting out a load of nonsense. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. Pyongyang Threatens Guam, Mocks Trump U.S.
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