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But at this pioint in time, external situation is good for north korea. i say this because what would be retaliation from the in international community? there wouldnt be one. because china, russia is not going to come on board for additional sanctions and the u.s. is not going to do much of -- theres not going to be a lethal action or any kind of a series consequence for the regime. i think they could conduct a major provocation like an icbm. >> wait and see. i guess thats the only thing questi...

From the region. lets go to cnns oren lieberman at the pentagon. what is the pentagons latest thinking about what north korea is doing as president biden is in asia? >> the military has been watching this missile test site closely thats not far f. the icb test went from possible to probable and now perhaps imminent. earlier it was within the next 48 to 96 hours, which is exactly that window when president joe biden is either in south korea or in the region visiting u.s. allies. now a military ...

The DPRK is choosing the date for a new nuclear test.

Contingency plans in case north korea conducts a nuclear or long-range missile test while president biden is overseas in asia. a u.s. official telling cnn it appears pyongyang is preparing to test an icbm possibly within the next 48 hours. lets get over to barbara starr live at the pentagon for us. what are you picking up on this? >> kate, the u.s. intelligence community watching around the clock as president biden makes his way to the region. the concern, as you have said, that preparations app...

Putin the blame. >> gillian: yesterday she floated the putin tax hike, dont know if it was a mistake or not. the>> bret: if there is putin baby formula, get it to the country. >> john: my daughter broke a glass last night and blamed putin for that. see you at 6:00, appreciate it. the stack of problems facing president biden will be here when he returns home. for now, air force one is in the air winging its way to korea and then tokyo. p and on the foreign policy front as well, the problems just ...

South Korea warns North Korea could test a nuclear weapon or launch ICBMs during President Biden's visit to Seoul.

Missile. what have you learned? >> well, u.s. intelligence is really watching this hour-by-hour now. the concern, of course, is that they see that north korea is making what they believe to be preparations for the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, of course, a missile that theoretically, if it worked some day, would have the range to strike the united states. something the u.s. says it will not want north korea, obviously, to have. so, what theyre seeing is that launch site near pyo...

Despite battling a wave of suspected COVID-19 infections, North Korea appears to be preparing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) ahead of

South Korea suspects North Koreas launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile may be imminent, a presidential official said on May 18 ahead of U.S. President Joe Bidens trip to South Korea and Japan later this week.

SEOUL (Bloomberg): Kim Jong-un may be preparing to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile to coincide with US President Joe Biden’s trip to the region, CNN reported, as the North Korean leader battles a Covid-19 outbreak confronting his regime.