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Robert costa, thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> odonnell: lets turn now to north korea where leader kim jong-un told state media hes preparing for a long confrontation with the u.s. after launching north koreas largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile today. the missile drew international condemnation, and experts believe north korea is capable of hitting the east coast of the united states. cbs david martin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: for the first time sthiness launch m...

That alliance for the abraham accords the first piece stealing nearly half a century now under biden the saudis are selling oil to china. look at india. remember the amazing moment with trump and the prime minister quick. >> i bring to you my friend, indias friend, the president of the united states of america. mr. donald trump. [cheers and applause] nonna stay trump. not to stay trump. steve: now indias in the arms of china and russia south africa, middle east, vietnam, brazil, america has fewe...

>> reporter: for the first study of its kind in ten years, commissioned by the american physical society, their conclusion, despite more than six decades of missile defense efforts and 350 billion u.s. taxpayer dollars, no missile defense system has been shown to be effective against realistic icbm threats. why is it so hard to shoot down an icbm? >> the warhead would undoubtedly be accompanied by decoys and by things to fool the defense or overwhelm the defense. >> reporter: a fundamental probl...

North korean their first long-range missile test in more than four years. the icbm landed off the western coast of japan prompting condemnation from the international community. cnns will ripley is in taipei. will, this was a new type of icbm and the fear is this could mark a new era of confrontation with north korea. what kind of new threat are we talking about here? >> reporter: they have ratchet ud tensions to the highest level since five years ago with former president trump threatening to g...

Taipei with more on this. how seriously are people taking this test? >> reporter: you know, president biden just met with the japanese prime minister who was very strong in his wording about this saying it was reckless and unacceptable, of course, this icbm believed to be a new kind of icbm, the 17 landed very close to japans northern island of hokkaido inside that exclusive economic zone, the waters immediately around it. they say it posed a danger to ships and planes because north korea conduc...

Deter each other from attacking. north korea feels the nuclear weapons are the only way to protect their national sovereignty. they dont want to use them they say. however, if kim jong un were to feel backed into a corner, if there were some sort of misunderstanding or miscommunication there is always a chance, a very dangerous chance missiles could go flying and might hit their target is what these physicists are saying. we cant be a hundred percent sure missile defenses would be able to shoot ...

People are without adequate food, adequate nutrition for long periods of time? you know, how are they going to respond to that? how are they going to hold their political leadership accountable? and -- and what kind of unrest might end up, you know, bubbling up within a countrys borders and ultimately spilling over to cause problems for -- for neighbors or for other powers? >> katherine, thank you so much. we really appreciate that. its -- it is one of the stories which is going to unfold in the...

So what more are you learning about this? >> rosemary, weve just been hearing from japans ministry of defense. and the vice defense minister there has confirmed that they believe this was a new kind of icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile. so a long-range missile. this is the sort of missile that puts mainland united states within its range. and its certainly one that both south korea and the united states have been expecting over recent weeks. so according to the m.o.d. in jamaica, the deta...

>> i have another one. >> of course. >> u.s. and south korea are analyzing north korea icbm. north korea claims its a 17. do you know why this information is so different between north korea and united states? >> i will tell you that we assessed that that launch was a probable icbm. we continue to analyze the test in close coordination with our allies and partners to incrude the south koreans. i dont have an update beyond that. >> the administration often has its constructed answered against the...

Prime ministers office. lets go live to cnns paula newton -- paula hancocks, i should say. shes joining us from seoul, south korea. paula, tell us whats going on. this is significant coming right in the midst of this nato summit. >> reporter: thats right, wolf. north korea always looks at timing when it does things like this. according to japans ministry of defense, they believe this could be a new type of icbm, intercontinent tall ballistic missile which could have the ability to hit main land....