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World. the obama administration began a process pushing to modernize the nuclear arsenal in the previous administration. >> shannon: rich edson live at the state department. >> bill: were bringing in former new mexico governor bill richardson. i want to share with our audience what we believe is possible and there are a lot of ifs in the scenario as you will admit as well. if the icbm can be launched successfully and reinterthe atmosphere and deliver with accuracy from north korea to hawaii 20 m...

Why are we precipitating what feels like a nuclear crisis when frankly it is unnecessary and we have not coordinated with the other countries, china, japan, south korea, chief among them, to shape a diplomatic strategy to try to reduce tensions rather than just ratchet them up. >> and actually, the defense intelligence agency was leading this and now trying to find out whether there is a real intelligence community, consensus, about that assessment and youre absolutely right, they havent figured...

426 when he won as president. >> reporter: to the claim of when he is voted in 2016. >> ive seen no evidence to that effect. >> reporter: trumps unique take on accuracy goes back. >> he -- looking for a -- in trump tower. >> and that didnt happen? >> no but it made the papers. >> sure. so voracity wouldnt a par of it it was getting the buzz out there -- yes. >> did you guys laugh at it or? >> yeah, it was nothing so terrible about it. it was kind of like puffing, exaggerating. >> seems sometimes...

Troubled, from phone calls that never happened. >> even the president of mexico called me. >> the conversations took place, they just simply didnt take plaps over a phone call. >> reporter: to the size of his victory. >> i guess it was the biggest electoral college win since ronald reagan. >> george h.w. bush, 426 when he won as president. >> reporter: to the evidence-free claim of who exactly voted in 2016. >> ive seen no evidence to that effect. i made that very, very clear. >> reporter: trump...

>> what challenges do the north koreans still face in this development? >> reporter: significant ones, i think. the reason we say "in theory" is because scientists say, look, if you give them range, if they figured out thrust enough, theres a green light on the possibility of a missile simply strong enough to carry a nuke that far. there are gigantic questions about this part, accuracy and reliability. technically, getting a missile into space and bringing it back at that angle through the atmos...

Alaska, guam and some scientists say depending on the weight, it may get to the middle of the country and hit cities in the united states. technically, they say, that might happen. i say technically because theres still a lot of questions. lets consider where they stand right now. even if we give them a green light on range and say more than the thrust to get one this far, big questions surround the question of accuracy. can they get a missile into space, back out of space into the atmosphere wi...

That far. there are gigantic questions about this part, accuracy and reliability. technically, getting a missile into space and bringing it back at that angle through the atmosphere without it tearing apart or burning up, and then delivering a warhead to a target, those are gigantic challenges. this is at best a yellow light because theres no sign yet that north korea has figured out that part of the equation. bear in mind only a few weeks ago we had a red light on the idea that they had a minia...

The truth. a relationship thats troubled. from phone calls that never happened -- >> even the president of mexico called me. >> the conversations took place. they simply didnt take place over a phone call, to the size of his victory. >> i guess it was the biggest electoral college win since ronald reagan. >> george h.w. bush 426 when he won as president. >> reporter: -- to the evidence-free claim of who exactly voted in 2016. >> ive seen no evidence to that effect and ive made that very, very cl...

Intercontinental missile believed to be capable of reaching chicago. heres the issue. they dont test these by shooting them across. they test them by shooting them up in the air and we try to judge the trajectory. it is not clear if you shoot it it would go north or go over the arctic most likely and come down over here. we dont know with what accuracy it can reenter and steer and maneuver. that is the big question. as for the armed forces, north korea is thought to be an army of 1.2 million sol...

The country and some cities there, erin? >> so when you say some scientists and technically, obviously, huge caveats. what are the north koreans still missing? >> well, i think those are important caveats, because if you look at the entire equation, theres still some holes here that are important ones. lets give them the range. lets say they have enough thrust in one of these that it could reach to the mainland of the united states. well green light that. huge questions still around accuracy. wh...