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su semiconductor plant. the other stop is japan. but as biden makes the rounds, there is also growing concern over what north korea might do next to rattle the saber. the united states preparing for the distinct possibility that kim jong-un would conduct a missile test, an icbm, in coordination with bidens trip. wouldnt be the first time he did it. more on that in a moment. lets begin in seoul, south korea, cnns jeremy diamond is there. tell us what the biden administration hopes to ac...

>> the administration has said, or u.s. officials have said, it looks possible this will happen imminently. it was in the next 48 to 96 hours and now it looks like that window is very much open here. the u.s. has watched this test site to watch north korean activity as they prepare for what appears to be an upcoming intercontinental ballistic missile test. they have watched over the course of the past few months as a new icbm system was tested, first in late february, then in march, and again in...

US says North Korea testing new ICBM system

Youve gotta be sure that you can do what you say youre going to do. all its going to do is bring us closer to some kind of serious confrontation. >> general, do you share that concern? >> yeah, sure. senator mccain has been around for a long time. hes a very thoughtful man. like most of us who have seen a lot of combat, its something were going to try to avoid as the last resort. part of deterrance is to have a capable, modernized ability. we do have that. the north koreans dont have a functiona...

Nuclear arsenal is measurably different today than it was when trump came into office. hours after president trump warned pyongyang, north korea had already threatened the u.s. again, warning it would strike the u.s. mainland with a nuclear missile if there was any sign that the u.s. planned to attack the north. today the head of u.s. missile defenses expressed confidence that the u.s. could destroy an incoming north korean icbm. >> we currently believe that north koreas icbm system could meet t...