Trump: North Korea Sanctions "Not A Big Deal."
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I don't know if it has any impact but, certainly, it was nice to get a 15 to nothing vote. But, those sanctions are nothing compared to what ultimately will have to happen.</s>BRIGGS: Now, North Korea's state-run agency calling the sanctions a heinous provocation by the U.S. CNN's Will Ripley, the only Western T.V. journalist reporting from North Korea, joins us live from Pyongyang. Will, interesting to hear the president kind of throw cold water on what otherwise was thought to be some big sanctions.</s>WILL RIPLEY, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Right. You heard the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley talking about what a strong, unprecedented sanctions package this was. But then you have President Trump basically acknowledging that the version that was approved unanimously was watered down to appease China and Russia, who didn't go along with the full oil embargo, or blacklisting Kim Jong Un, or grounding North Korea's only airline. Instead, what they're doing is capping oil exports by 30 percent which could spike gas and energy prices here in the country. And there is an angry -- a furious response from the North Korea government. The official response now reiterating what officials told us here on the ground yesterday, that they condemn these sanctions in the strongest possible terms. They're calling it an economic blockade. They say the U.S. will pay for this and they also say that they will redouble their efforts to develop their weapons programs even faster than before -- their nuclear program and their missile program -- which is the reason why they keeping getting sanctioned because these launches and nuclear tests are in violation of international law. In response, South Korea conducting a live-fire drill of their own, testing for the first time a long-range air-to-surface missile that could potentially strike targets here inside North Korea. It's a direct threat to a country that has a growing nuclear arsenal. South Korea and the U.S. trying to find counter-measures but tensions continue to escalate here, Dave.</s>BRIGGS: All right. Will Ripley live for us in Pyongyang. Looking forward to your special Friday night. Thanks.</s>ROMANS: Thanks, Will. Let's get a check on "CNN Money Stream" this morning. Global stocks are mixed after a record day on Wall Street. For the first time since July, all the three big major averages hit record highs continuing a huge rally from the day before. There was also talk of tax reform -- that helps. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he is hopeful reform will happen this year, adding the administration may make tax cuts retroactive to January first. Apple introducing a trio of new iPhones, including the premium version worth a cool grand. Ten years after the launch of the first iPhone, Apple debuted the iPhone X. It has edge-to-edge screens, scans your face to log in. If customers don't want to spend a grand, Apple also unveiled the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus. Big news for the middle class. Middle class Americans got a pay raise in 2016. Median household income rose 3.2 percent to a record -- a record high $59,000, the second year in a row of an increase. Wage growth overall has been pretty flat in recent years so experts say this jump is because more people are returning to work. The work opportunities are just really good. The last couple of years has been very good for workers. The U.S. added two million jobs last year. Finally, four years after writing "Lean In," Sheryl Sandberg has this to say about leadership in the U.S.</s>SHERYL SANDBERG, CEO, FACEBOOK, AUTHOR, "LEAN IN": Men still run the world and I'm not sure it's going that well.</s>BRIGGS: I'm Dave Briggs. "NEW DAY" starts right now. Chris Cuomo, live in Florida. We'll see you tomorrow.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have never seen a hurricane like this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I just started crying because I didn't realize how bad this was.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: FEMA estimates well over half the homes in the Keys have major damage and one in four destroyed.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I want to go home. I want to see that we have a home.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The biggest challenge we have right now is just the lack of power, the lack of water.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A humanitarian crisis quickly growing in the Caribbean.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: This is not anything that you could have been prepared for.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The goal is to get people back as soon as possible. We're just not prepared to do that at this hour.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: While we may be down, we're not out right now.</s>ALISYN CAMEROTA, CNN ANCHOR: We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is NEW DAY. It is Wednesday, September 13th, 6:00 here in New York. The Florida Keys are still reeling from Irma. Folks who evacuated are returning this morning but seeing nothing but devastation. The people are beginning the heart-wrenching task, though, of cleaning up there. So here's what we know at this hour. The death toll from Irma is 55 people, 24 of them killed in the U.S. That includes Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And another 31 storm-related deaths across the rest of the Caribbean.