as a deterrent against provocation from pyongyang. all indications we re getting from washington right now are that there really won t be a reaction. they have acknowledged that a failed test happened. really, there will be no response beyond that. the thinking there is that there s no need to give any more attention to kim jong-un, no more focus to pyongyang at this moment because of this failed attempt, which again flouts so many sanctions that have been handed down. this is the fifth attempt at a ballistic missile launch just since the start of the year, as well as last year s unprecedented number of missile launch, ivan. all right. thanks, alex. we re going to go now to the north of the demilitarized zone to will ripley standing by in pyongyang. will, do you have the opportunity to ask north korean officials about this reported missile launch and apparent failure? reporter: yeah, we had a meeting with north korean officials today, ivan. certainly there are members of the north