6:35 AM - INTERVIEW - GORDON CHANG - author of "Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World" and columnist for Forbes.com. Follow him on Twitter @GordonGChang.

TOPIC: NORTH KOREA

- U.S. Ambassador Haley: U.N. has exhausted options on North Korea

- Nikki Haley: Trump's fire and fury comment 'not an empty threat'

- Nikki Haley: If US Defends Itself, ‘North Korea Will Be Destroyed

- AT THE UN THIS WEEK: THURSDAY: President Trump will meet with the leaders of Turkey, Afghanistan and Ukraine and host a lunch with the leaders of South Korea and Japan.