WEBVTT 00:01.500 --> 00:03.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: From North Korea today, new defiance. 00:03.533 --> 00:08.233 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The communist regime's leader, Kim Jong-un, insisted that he will never negotiate away 00:09.400 --> 00:11.466 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% his missile and nuclear programs. 00:11.466 --> 00:16.233 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% But the world's highest diplomatic body held an emergency session on how to get the North 00:16.233 --> 00:17.866 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% to do just that. 00:17.866 --> 00:20.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Correspondent Nick Schifrin begins our coverage. 00:20.666 --> 00:25.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NICK SCHIFRIN: This afternoon in the U.N. Security Council, the U.S. tried to rally 00:26.800 --> 00:28.900 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the world to punish and isolate North Korea. 00:28.900 --> 00:30.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NIKKI HALEY, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: It is a dark day, because yesterday's 00:30.533 --> 00:34.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% actions by North Korea made the world a more dangerous place. 00:34.666 --> 00:38.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NICK SCHIFRIN: U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said North Korea's test of an intercontinental 00:38.800 --> 00:41.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% ballistic missile requires a global response. 00:41.133 --> 00:46.133 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% NIKKI HALEY: They have not had any care for Russia or China in this. 00:47.600 --> 00:49.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They have not listened to anything that you have said. 00:49.133 --> 00:51.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They're not going to listen to anything that you say. 00:51.533 --> 00:55.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And so it's time that we all stand together and say, we will not put up with this action. 00:55.400 --> 01:00.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NICK SCHIFRIN: Haley is trying to lead a diplomatic effort to change North Korean behavior. 01:02.366 --> 01:04.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The U.S. needs Chinese and Russian help, but Beijing and Moscow have their own strategy. 01:04.966 --> 01:07.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% VLADIMIR SAFRONKOV, Deputy Russian Ambassador to the United Nations (through translator): 01:07.333 --> 01:11.433 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% We call for all interested states to act with restraint, rather than provocation and war-mongering. 01:11.433 --> 01:15.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% LIU JIEYI, Chinese Ambassador to the United Nations (through translator): We call on all 01:15.200 --> 01:19.533 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% the concerned parties to exercise restraint, avoid provocative actions and belligerent 01:19.533 --> 01:23.100 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% rhetoric, and demonstrate the will for unconditional dialogue. 01:23.100 --> 01:28.100 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% NICK SCHIFRIN: Tuesday's missile launch crossed the intercontinental threshold the U.S. had 01:28.833 --> 01:30.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% been hoping to prevent. 01:30.900 --> 01:33.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% In science terms, the missile advance was an incremental, but U.S. officials tell the 01:33.633 --> 01:36.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% "NewsHour" it was in a new, previously unseen configuration. 01:36.900 --> 01:41.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% It was fired from a mobile launcher, had a reentry vehicle, and was two-stage, as seen 01:42.666 --> 01:45.500 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on North Korean TV. 01:45.500 --> 01:48.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The immediate American response was its own launch. 01:48.466 --> 01:52.033 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% The U.S. and South Korean militaries fired tactical missiles today that can be rapidly 01:52.033 --> 01:54.066 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% deployed. 01:54.066 --> 01:58.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And South Korea released a video of what an attack on North Korea would look like, blowing 02:00.533 --> 02:04.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% up North Korean missiles, and video game graphics of a South Korean jet bombing Pyongyang. 02:06.200 --> 02:10.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% But, as of now, the focus is very much on diplomacy and increasing pressure on North 02:11.733 --> 02:13.666 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% Korea. 02:13.666 --> 02:16.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released a statement hours after the missile launch, 02:16.066 --> 02:21.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% saying any country that helps North Korea is aiding and abetting a dangerous regime, 02:23.066 --> 02:24.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and that all countries that all countries must show North Korea there are consequences 02:24.733 --> 02:27.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to their pursuit of nuclear weapons. 02:27.366 --> 02:31.500 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% In a tweet this morning, President Trump expressed frustration that China hasn't done more, writing: 02:31.500 --> 02:33.333 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% "So much for China working with us. 02:33.333 --> 02:35.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% But we had to give it a try." 02:35.366 --> 02:38.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So, the administration is casting a wide net. 02:38.200 --> 02:43.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Today, Mr. Trump talked with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi by phone. 02:45.666 --> 02:48.400 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% North Korea sells missile technology and receives remittances from Africa to Southeast Asia. 02:50.500 --> 02:52.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% To try and stop that income, today, the U.S. delivered a threat to China and others. 02:52.966 --> 02:57.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NIKKI HALEY: There are countries that are allowing, even encouraging, trade with North 02:57.533 --> 03:01.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Korea, in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions. 03:01.533 --> 03:06.533 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% Such countries would also like to continue their trade arrangements with the United States. 03:06.533 --> 03:08.633 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% That's not going to happen. 03:08.633 --> 03:12.333 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% NICK SCHIFRIN: The U.S. military in South Korea says it is being -- quote -- "self-restrained." 03:12.333 --> 03:15.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% That policy will remain until the diplomacy plays out. 03:15.933 --> 03:18.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% For the "PBS NewsHour," I'm Nick Schifrin. 03:18.066 --> 03:22.533 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% JUDY WOODRUFF: We will take a detailed look at the question of sanctions and North Korea 03:22.533 --> 03:24.166 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% right after the news summary.