WAR OF WORDS WITH NORTH KOREA HEATS UP.

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Not going to end any time soon. The President's coming out of this fight with the NFL facing another big week of challenges. He's in a tough political spot as well. In our new ABC News "Washington Post" poll shows just 39% approve of the President's job performance, that's the lowest of any President at this point in his first term. And in the wake of his rocket man rhetoric targeting North Korea, 62% do not trust President Trump to act responsibly dealing with that situation. Let's get more on that from our chief global affairs anchor, Martha Raddatz. And, Martha, one of the big questions on North Korea, is this escalating war of words making a real war more likely? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]