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President trump speaking with the japanese prime minister and acting president of south korea. all this as a special u.s. defense system deployed to south korea. thats where we find cnns alexandra field live with more this morning. good morning to you. >> reporter: hey, dave. good morning. we are learning from north korean state news that kim jong-un personally supervised the ballistic missile launches off the coast of japan. we learn this involved a military unit trying to strike u.s. bases in ...

Missile launches yesterday. north koreans keep pushing toward capability to attack u.s. bases, u.s. territory with eventually nuclear missiles. i want to ask you, "new york times" published united states using most advanced cyber weapons, efforts to interfere in north korean supply chain to try to stop that program. my question is, is that a tactic you think it appropriate, one that congress would support in trying to deal with this very serious threat? >> so i wouldnt list it as number one on m...

Pentagon. both nations continue to test ballistic missiles that could threaten american warships and bases, but the real fear is north korea is getting closer to having a missile that could reach the united states. past u.s. presidents have done little to stop them. jennifer griffin is the latest from the pentagon. >> the pentagon says the north korean launch involved multiple missiles, most of them old scuds. it is north koreas intent to master long-range missiles that has washington worried. >...

Happening. >> it is indeed, wolf, today the senate intelligence committee briefed behind closed doors about the north korean threat. this as there are growing signs. north korea could be preparing for more missile launches sdplr for the first time, all launching simultaneously. >> determination to fully defense capabilities with nuclear deterrent. so as to put an end to nuclear war by the united states. >> u.s. officials say the message here kim jong-un is trying to show donald trump a swarm of ...

Consequences. this is after this missile defense system was unloaded at an american air base on the korean peninsula. >> the system is designed to shoot down incoming missiles from north korea. china has long opposed it. seeing it as a threat to its own security. the first pieces of this system have arrived in south korea and the timing interesting. just a day after north korea test fired a ballistic missile into the sea of japan. and kim jong-un personally supervised that. he claims the missile...

Bases in japan, an aggressive run. trump said hes going to be aggressive with north korea. you only do that working closely with allies, working closely with japan, south korea. you have to have understanding with china as you move forward. real crisis are now going to intersect atmospherics of the first 100 days of the administration. to get traction he needs to be seen to be addressing the problems that the world cares about. >> what do you get asked about president trump when youre talking to...

I mean that gives the president too much credit. i think congress should only investigate things that have actually bases, not just stuff that comes from scrolling the internet at 6:00 in the morning. >> 6:30 to be precise. lets talk, gloria, about sean spicer today at his briefing. he said, there is no question something happened with the wiretapping. its an extraordinary claim, but at some point theyve got to back it up with some facts. are they pinging them seven dolla -- themselves in a corn...

The american program to try to go after the north korean missiles was the discovery by president obama or the conclusion that he reached that the traditional missile defenses that we have talked about before, those big bases in alaska and california, work about 44% of the time under ideal conditions. and if the north koreans shoot off an international continental ballistic missile or several headed toward us, you wont have ideal conditions. the president secretly ordered that the united states t...

The apparent response to u.s./south korea military exercises they say he personally supervised the launch toward japan calling it a drill for striking u.s. bases in japan. theres opinion a sharp response from the trump administration. lets go to our pentagon correspondent, barb rab starr. whats likely to happen next. >> universal condemnation for this missile launch and now theyre watching it even more closely. watching the underground nuclear test site because on the surface our sources are tel...

Pentagon. both nations continue to test ballistic missiles that could threaten american warships and bases, but the real fear is north korea is getting closer to having a missile that could reach the united states. past u.s. presidents have done little to stop them. jennifer griffin is the latest from the pentagon. >> the pentagon says the north korean launch involved multiple missiles, most of them old scuds. it is north koreas intent to master long-range missiles that has washington worried. >...