SIMMERING TENSIONS TONIGHT FROM CHIEF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
RICHARD ENGLE. >> Reporter: URGING PEOPLE TO FIND SHELTER
INCLUDING SOME AMERICAN TOURISTS. >> THAT'S A NICE
WAKEUP CALL. IT'S A NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH.
>> Reporter: IT WAS A BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED AROUND 6:30
A.M. LOCAL TIME. IT TRAVELED 2,300 MILES OVER NORTHERN
JAPAN LANDING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE U.S. MILITARY SAID
IT POSED NO THREAT TO AMERICAN TERRITORY GUAM IS FAR TO THE
SOUTH, WHICH KIM JONG-UN HAS THREATENED BEFORE.
SOUTH KOREA RESPONDED TO THE LAUNCH BY FIRING TWO MISSILES OF
ITS OWN INTO THE SEA BUT AT THE SAME DISTANCE THEY'D HAVE
TO TRAVEL TO HIT THE NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH SITE.
THE U.N. CONVENED AN EMERGENCY SESSION JUST DAYS AFTER IMPOSING
NEW SANCTIONS. WATERED DOWN BY RUSSIA AND CHINA.
BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP TODAY AGAIN TALKING UP THE MILITARY OPTION.
>> AFTER SEEING YOUR CAPABILITIES AND COMMITMENT HERE TODAY,
I AM MORE CONFIDENT THAN EVER THAT OUR OPTIONS IN ADDRESSING
THIS THREAT ARE BOTH EFFECTIVE AND OVERWHELMING.
>> KIM JONG-UN HAS LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
THAT MILITARY PROVOCATIONS TO THE UNITED STATES AND
SOUTH KOREA WE NEVER ACTUALLY RESPOND TO. I FEAR HE HAS
MISJUDGED THE CURRENT SITUATION. >> Reporter: TWO WEEKS
AGO KIM JONG-UN DETONATED WHAT IS WIDELY BELIEVED TO BE
BEEN AN HYDROGEN BOMB. HE'S CARRIED OUT MORE MISSILE TESTS THAN HIS
PREDECESSORS COMBINED AND THERE ARE MOUNTING SIGNS HE MAY BE
PREPARING FOR A NEW NUCLEAR TEST. >> KIM JONG-UN VOWED
TO COMPLETE HIS COUNTRY'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM
DESPITE THE SANCTIONS. THE GOAL TO QUOTE, REACH AN EQUILIBRIUM
WITH THE UNITED
