Transcript for Trump speaks to leaders of China and Japan about the North Korea nuclear threat

no vote. Mary, thank you. That might get delayed for a week or so. We move on to the escalating tensions with North Korea. North Korea let loose with a new warning, threatening to sink an American aircraft carrier, also arresting a third U.S. Citizen. ABC's Bob woodruff is tracking it all from Seoul, North Korea. Reporter: Donald Trump speaking with the president of China, the Chinese president expressing his desire to achieve denuclearization through peaceful talks. Tensions between the U.S. And north Korean government are at an all-time high with the "Uss Carl Vinson" stopping towards the Korean peninsula and the joint operation known as max thunder 150 miles south of Seoul. Just this morning, North Korea gave a warning. America must get out of south Korea before we start a war against America, the news presenter said, adding that U.S. Operations are playing with fire. What she did not mention is North Korea's newest prisoner, 58-year-old American Tony Kim arrested Saturday at Pyongyang's airport, joining two other Americans still in jail. Tomorrow marks the 85th anniversary of North Korea's military, leading to concerns that they might celebrate that occasion with a new test of their nuclear capability. The United States is closely

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