Transcript for Kim Jong Un briefed on possible Guam missile attacks

Breaking news on North Korea we have now learned that if leader has been briefed on that plan to launch missiles near the US Territory of Guam and may. Be changing course our chief global affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz is near the North Korean border console with the latest. Good morning Martha. Good morning Robin it appears that Kim Jung on May have blinked. What statement is full of bluster and threats and he says he has reviewed plans for attacking the waters off of Guam. The statement also says that Kim will wait to see what the US does next. Specifically saying. The supreme leader wal watch stupid American behavior a bit longer. That seems a real change in the specific and alarming statements he's been making over the past few weeks rob. And we know that the Democrat that's that's taking the approach of being diplomatic here but that there are some military options that could be presented to. President trump. It exactly Robin the US military is tracking this carefully and does have military options available. With the secretary of defense saying overnight if they fire at the United States that's called war if they do that and it's game on. Because even if it appears for now that Kim is backing off this is not over intelligence analysts believe he can hit a nuclear weapon inside an ICBM. So this remains a huge threat Robin the biggest foreign policy change challenge our nation faces carbon far right Martha thank you.

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