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Are actually very low and that the christmas gift is more likely to be kim jong-un announcing a new hardline stance when dealing with the united states and his intention to consolidate north koreas position as a nuclear state. so why do we see things like the engine test and this uptick in activity at a known missile production facility or at least a facility tied to the missile program and meetings with north korean military leaders? its all designed to get us, the western media, talking and to...

Successful. experts and south korean officials believe that was an engine test which could have been used in icbm, an intercontinent intercontinental ballistic missile. what this christmas gift could be. what this end of year deadline means and what this new path north korea it suggests it will take. a satellite launch could be a possibility. but some suggest that could be too provocative a move. but we are speculating on what exactly north korea is going to do after it comes out with some crypt...

Working closely, but they cant confirm what it is. north korea say it is very important, that it was very successful, and that you say, it was part of the nuclear deterrent. now, its the second test we have seen. just last weekend there was another test that was highly successful were told by north korea. thats assumed to be by south korea an engine test. it could hit mainland united states or a satellite launcher for example. remember, north korea has told the united states that they have a chr...

Reliable, strategic nuclear deterrent, saying that is the reason they have done this particular test. now, we do know we are waiting, the united states is waiting for this so-called christmas gift that north korea said it would give to the u.s. before year-end, saying what the gift was really depended on what the united states did. now, that was earlier this month. since that statement, we have seen increased rhetoric between the two leaders. weve seen increased tensions twr between the u.s. and...

They believe it was an engine test, that could power an intercontinental ballistic missile which could hit the united states or could be used for a satellite launcher. now, we dont know at this point what was tested this weekend. we do know, though, that north korea has threatened a christmas gift, a year-end deadline, a new path to the united states, depending on, it said, what the united states was going to do with negotiations with north korea. we also know that we are expecting as well the u...

State run media just like last weekends test was very important, it was crucial, successful. this particular one, although pyongyang hasnt specified what they tested said it was important for nuclear deterrent. it is at the same site as last weekend. this is an area that the u.s. president donald trump when he met with kim jong-un in singapore said kim jong-un told him he would dismantle the area. satellite imagery showed that he had, in fact, disman tetled somf it, earlier this year was evidenc...

It was a significant test, saying that it will change the strategic position of north korea in the near future. and this will play into as well north koreas threat of this end of year deadline for the united states, and the united states has to change its attitude, has to deal with north korea in a different way or north korea will take a different path. just recently as well saying there could be some kind of christmas gift for the u.s., but its up to them what kind of gift it is. so weve certa...

Now live from seoul in south korea with more on this. paula, good to see you. of course the big question that everyone wants answered is what exactly was this very important test that north korea says it launched? >> reporter: well, rosemary, we havent had official confirmation from north korea at this point. that usually comes about 24 hours after the initial reports, potentially photos of what was tested. the speculation among -- the educated speculation among many experts is it was probably s...

Deal from the viewpoint of the united states. if north korea is perfecting the kind of engine perhaps solid fuel engine they could roll one of these things out without much notice and launch toward the united states is the danger that president trump said he would not tolerate and bring us back to the fire and fury days they were trading barbs and tensions kept being pushed almost to the brink of a military confrontation between the united states and north korea. we are not there yet but given t...

And will relationshiplipley. what is your sense of this claim there was a significant or very important test at this satellite launch facility, will? >> reporter: unfortunately, the words that came to mind when we learned about this here we go again. north korea has been hinting now for weeks they are increasingly frustrated with the united states, specifically the fact that sanctions have not been lifted after, you know, almost two years of this diplomatic detaunt and kim jong-uns self-imposed ...