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Test is also something they use for the next test to be successful. they will find out what didnt work. whether it blocked or interfered with the signal or something faulty in electronics, when it they go back and study that and we arent sure if that isnt an icbm with a range of 7500 miles where it could reach the mainland of the u.s. if you go back to what kim jong-un said, he is willing to attack not just the bases but the mainland of the united states. and lets just hope he doesnt carry on. o...

About what happened over the last couple of weeks, wolf. >> certainly are. jim acosta at the white house. lets talk more about north korea and the threat republican congressman ted yoho. a member of the foreign affairs committee and chairman of the subcommittee with asia and pacific region. you spent a lot of time over there. thanks for joining us. under what condition would you support a u.s. preemtive strike against north korean nuclear facilities? >> under what conditions? i guess if they wen...

Inpatients. that is what has got our attention. he wants to up and eyes those ballis that could range our u.s. bases and our allies, as he has advertised on more than one occasion, actually developed an intercontinental ballistic missile, which could range the united states itself. the fact is that he is developing this ballistic technology at a very accelerated pace. that it got our attention coupled with the rhetoric that he would actually use it. yes, this administration has faced its full sq...

North korea when they conduct missile tests, part of this is to show this is what were able to do. we will be able to target bases nearby. we havent seen evidence of that yet. thats the message theyre trying to send when they assassinated kim jong-uns half-brother. a part of that was to show we have vx nerve gas and were willing to use that. both sides have an interest in showing what they are capable of doing. and with the hope that it actually alleviates the tension and allows people to walk b...

It. some have said if you do strike north korea you need to kill the leader. he just tried a nuclear test. theyre not sure what kind of missile it was. pacific command said they did. the problem is were worried intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the west coast, hawaii perhaps, or even japan, the bases there, china. who knows what he will do. hes a dangerous man. abby: iran is a big part of this conversation, right? if youre president trump, rob, what advice do you have for him in...

Maybe use military might. great. now lets cash in those chips for talk that can walk out back trt brink. >> malcolm, can you explain, what is russias sort of posture in all this. are they at this table as china is? >> well, russia has stood off for quite some time with relations to north korea. they are within the arc of north koreas ability to strike all the nations in that part of the pacific. they have major naval bases out in the peninsula. however, they havent engaged here. let me talk abou...

United states is not going to attack north korea because they are about to do a nuclear test or even if theyre going to test and other ballistic missile. weve been having some effect on their ballistic missiles testing using cyber offensive operations, which have been reported in public sources and thats why some of these things are failing. the only time we would conduct a preemptive strike if we believed we had the deliver remains of a nuclear weapon on a ballistic missile that can endanger ou...

There have been air strikes, drones, through the past years certainly targeting isis camps. trying to degrade theyre capabilities there. the question with this bomb, successful destroying the tunnel network? the high-profile isis leaders were in that particular area? and take enough of them out potentially to thwart their planning? very remote, very rugged, aplace frankly the u.s. struggled to maintain and secure bases over the period of time they were in that part of afghanistan. isis moved in....

Were working on a preemptive strike. we would have to have assurances that north korea has weaponized a ballistic missile and assurances that that ballistic missile is sitting on a launch site. that would move us in a preemptive strike. were not going to permit a ballistic missile heading to one of our bases, towards one of our allies or an intercontinental ballistic missile heading to the united states. no president could tolerate that. that would be a preemptive strike. that would mean war, tr...

Predators in the pakistan military wave in al qaedas and others through to attack our bases and we know that that happened. if they are allied with isis, thats a huge problem on our flank in afghanistan again, the mission in afghanistan is to deny terrorists. >> kimberly: im glad you brought that up. they have to do a lot more to get the respect and support of the united states in terms of assets and money we have provided to them and my goodness, when you see this thing going on, michael, they ...