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Defense capability. the thaad anti-missile system had been put on hold by the new president of south korea. he wanted to look at the environmental impact of this particular weapons capability. and i would say go forward now, put it into operational effect. i would recommend that japan have a similar type of system, and that will get the attention of not only the north koreans, but specifically china and russia. our allies have to join with us, in posing even more severe sanctions that have been ...

Takes place throughout the year, each year, to ensure that that type of defense capability exists. now in terms of the air defense capability, certainly the terminal high altitude air defense system which the united states and south korea have allowed to be deployed in the south part of the peninsula works exceptionally well. guam is protected, if youre able to engage a missile as it launches. clearly the most vulnerable time during a missile launch is that first 45 seconds to a minute where its...

What kind of measures, general marks, could the u.s. military now take to, in terms of guams protection or even south koreas protection, what could they take? >> anderson, bear in mind that the united states and south korea have had a coalition that has been in place for years, over 60 years. its very strong. its exercised as a matter of routine. processes are in place. forces are allocated, forces are assigned, in order theyre on the peninsula. forces are designated to arrive at the peninsula. ...

They could reach the american mainland. >> we have to assume that is the case. >> if you were secretary of defense what would you be doing? >> intensifying the sanctions thats being done. i would build up the defense capability on the south korean peninsula. id be doing the same thing with japan and perhaps even talking about giving them offensive capability in the region in order to have a really strong deterrent in addition to ours. a number of other things, but i would intensify the sanctions...

>> nato members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations. but 23 of the 28 member nations are still not paying what they should be paying and what theyre supposed to be paying for their defense. abby: he is saying we have got to stand up for ourself. we need our allies to do more. >> he looks around the world and sees those nations not stepping up, not investing the way they should in their own defense capability so that the alliance is strong. and i think th...

Rabbis wife. it does not say here what the presidents daughter, ivanka trump, will do again as david noted she converted to judaism when she married jared kushner but the if, laid why i will walk separately and the. the will come down in the male only section that david brought up. to you, ibrahim, talking about what is also historic is the president going from saudi arabia directly to israel, after inking this $100 billion arms deal with saudi arabia, the intelligence minister warned against it...

Additional missile defense capability, the thad system, is to have a multi-layer defense capability against north korean missiles. this is one part of a layered system we have of missile defenses largely designed to protect our homeland, and protect our allies, south korea and japan. >> marcel lettre, thank you so much for being here. we continue to keep our eye on capitol hill for that classified briefing we were just talking about on north korea. well keep an eye out for it. and trump stri...

A world class counter-ballistic missile defense in south korea, japan, u.s. navy at sea. we do have a strategic capability in fort greeley, alaska at the air force base. it does work but we talk about it failing all the time. we have agents out in the navy, pac 3 updated. we have to build a defense capability. katy, these people will have a sublaunch capability and an icbm capability certainly within the decade. the american people will be at peril. >> it seems like youre ruling out diplomacy, g...

United states are getting increasingly reckless. in response we will continue to strengthen ourself defense capability. north korea is working to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile that can deliver a nuclear warhead to the mainland u.s. most analyst say they dont have one yet but it is only matter of time. >> we think were very capable of defending ourselves, this pyongyang resident says, because we have the marshal of kim jong-un. they are not tense but festive on their biggest holid...

Syrians did that crossed a threshold, again, and again its not just -- barrel bombs alleges horrific as they are, barrel bombs are not chemical weapons. chemical weapons 0 weapon of mass destruction, we want to perish a prohibition against against their use. its a 19 goes beyond syria so within the russians i think we can folks o focuses on this. from pursuants standpoint, hes got an air air base in the syria. hes expanding the naval facility, they have an defense capability that creates an umbr...