NEXT STEPS ON NORTH KOREA: There will be no emergency session of the United Nations today to issue a strongly-worded statement or pass another resolution of condemnation over North Korea’s latest missile test, which clearly shows the North can threaten major American cities with it newest intercontinental ballistic missile. “There is no point in having an emergency session if it produces nothing of consequence,” said U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley in statement yesterday afternoon. “An additional Security Council resolution that does not significantly increase the international pressure on North Korea is of no value. In fact, it is worse than nothing, but it sends the message to the North Korean dictator that the international community is unwilling to seriously challenge him.

“The time for talk is over,” Haley said, calling on China to take what she called a “vital step” to put far more pressure on Pyongyang.