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Make it that far. it broke up mid flight. but we also know that it did follow generally the trajectory that the north koreans said it would which was due south towards the philippines. we know it didnt land on any population center suggesting that it fell into the ocean. we should be getting some more details. we do not expect right now any comments by any senior u.s. officials on camera. >> shepard: here is what we are getting. this is new to us in the last minute. we are led to believe that wh...

Now, there is breaking news. there is no confirmation, number one, shep, of the lift-off which south korean sources say happened at 7:39 a.m. local time here. thats about half hour ago. but crucially, shep, they are saying nothing. i pressed the spokesman again here several times about anything about reports of the possibility of a failure of this launch and the possibility it might have plunged into the sea, perhaps over near south korea where the trajectory was taking it or perhaps near the ph...

Event. explainer of what happened with this rocket launch. its my understanding they have just gotten it. greg palkot on the line with us from inside north korea and pyongyang. greg, what did they tell you? >> shep, remarkable stuff here. we are in the press center thats been set up. great elaborate care by the north korean government. and when they have the biggest news that they could break to the world media, which they remarkably have allowed into this country, they are not knocking. the chi...

The outer islands of japan, maybe a failure in the first or second stage, which would mean that this rocket might not have done as well as the 2009 lift-of, the last time actually made it to the third stage. again we are extrapolating here. what i can tell is you north korea is still mum. they have the biggest story that they have had on their hands and biggest media corps and they are not say ig anything at this moment. >> shepard: greg palkot inside pyongyang. we will go back to him as news wa...

Theyre going to another event in the memory of michael jackson. we dont expect the jackson clan to come here with all the chaos surrounding that. we expect them to be here tomorrow. martha: adam housley will cover that and more on the panel coming up. gregg: they say they stand against greed, corporate influence and social inequality. >> [shouting] gregg: thats what they say but whats really behind these wall street protests? stephen moore from the "wall street journal" will be here. martha: tha...

Message. >> if pyongyang goes further we will be. >> attempting to launch a lock-range rocket against the demands of the united states and many american allies. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the launch failed. the rocket, which was said to be carrying a communications satellite, did not reach orbit. it crashed into the sea. and now for the rest of the world, the question that changes every time theres a development like this but never goes away, the question of how to deal with the strange a...

Instead of the rocket going up in three stages with each one burning off in turn and pro pelg the rocket upward eventually into orbit, which is how a three-stage rocket is supposed to work, this one just launched in north korea appears to have broken apart very soon after takeoff. the rocket fell into the sea very shortly after liftoff. north korea has made other attempts at launching rockets. it tried in 2006, again in 2009. the 2009 one crashed into the sea off the coast of japan. because of n...

Reporters and we were expecting to have a press conference. there was some anticipation that we would even see this go up live with a slight delay on video screens but instead we were told by officials in washington, we were alerted by our own news desk, reporting coming out of japan and south korea that not only had the rocket gone up but that it had failed and one of the moments ill remember today as we rushed into the press center, the only place that has internet, the only place that has com...

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>> pyongyang has a clear choice. it can pursue peace and reap the benefits of closer ties with the international community, including the united states. or it can continue to face pressure and isolation. >> shepard: and that is its choice, clearly. the united states is not alone in its opposition to the launch. in fact, even north koreas neighbor russia has joined the chorus of nation calling for the regime to standdown but it did not. it has just, north korea has just launched the missile. and ...