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Hit the u.s. mainland. in addition to launching this missile, this is also a test for president trump who is meeting tonight with japanese prime minister shinzo abe at his retreat, his resort in mar-a-lago in florida. this is obviously a very important issue for the two leaders. which has been something that president trump has been very concerned about coming in and warned by president obama, this is going to be one of your number one national security threats. >> gordon, youll recall during th...

Of talk to some people, think about these things before going public. >> as you mentioned, this was not an intercontinental ballistic missile. the range of that is typically somewhere near 5500 kilometers. this particular missile traveled about 500 kilometers. just to give that perspective to our viewers. again, officials still assessing whether this could be considered a successful launch, what kind of test exactly this was, what kind of missile this was. its believed to be in the intermediate ...

This is not a very long range missile. officials say its bad, its not earth-shattering. particularly in the obama administration, they were really careful to calibrate their response. this president is not someone who calibrates a response. you know, hes very fiery with his rhetoric, fiery with his tweets. and that goads north korea. i mean, theyre playing a game a little bit with president trump. and i think the danger is, you get into this situation where the rhetoric escalates, and then -- no...

So it doesnt seem as though the white house or nsc should have been caught flat-footed. even though were now hearing this maybe wasnt a successful test or didnt have much of a range, more smoke than fire, its still an important first test, as weve been saying, for the trump administration. youll remember that tweet in early january that weve been talking about where trump, then president-elect trump basically said something of a "make my day" tweet to north korea, saying north korea just stated ...

Himself, not answering a question he clearly heard, ana. >> lets bring in ambassador chris hill, again, significant because you, ambassador, headed the u.s. delegation to those six-party talks between 2005 and 2009, had numerous opportunities to try to negotiate with north korea. i wanted to get your reaction first to what weve learned of this missile launch. >> first of all, we dont know a lot about it. it might be a missile weve seen before. it might be something else. it might be a solid fuel...

Urged north korea to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and not take any further provocative action. in that same statement talking about the importance of cooperation between the u.s., japan, and south korea, and their commitment to rigorous implementation of the u.n. security council resolution on north korea. this is north korea answering that statement and making this move while prime minister abe is here. >> general hertling, were working to get more details about this launc...

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