W.H.: Our Information ‘Calls into Serious Question’ North Korean H-Bomb Claims

UNKNOWN REPORTER: “A North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared on Thursday to claim that his country has developed the hydrogen bomb. Is that something that the White House takes seriously — his claim?”

EARNEST: “Well, we certainly are concerned about the policies and intent and destabilizing actions of the North Korean regime. At this point, you know, the information that we have access to calls into serious question — those claims. But we take very seriously the risk and the threat that is posed by the North Korean regime and their ambitions to develop a nuclear weapon, that doesn’t just threaten our close allies in South Korea, but could have a pretty destabilizing impact and even a national security threat to other countries in the region. So, the United States does take this quite seriously. OK?”