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That it can attack it with nuclear weapons. >> gene, is this a message from south korea -- from the south koreans that they are ready to fight, and is it one that the north koreans are likely to >> this is certainly a part of a growing movement in korea to be able to protect themselves. but i think really what this is is north koreas bid to -- were going to start to see north korea reacting to this. were hearing reports -- i just want to mention. were hearing reports that theres some movement on...

>> you read that statement as a statement endorsing the idea of possible preemptive strikes? >> i did. the idea of preemption, that we would act against an imminent threat which is different than a gathering threat. the idea that if they put something on the launch pad, and were not sure whats on it or where its aimed, how do we know they wont do it to us? i think thats a legitimate issue to be debating. >> speculation about north koreas aims have centered around a seat at the big boys table. th...

Threatening comments more recently from the president as well as attempts by both secretary mattis and tillerson that it has always been a diplomatic solution. they were looking for a way out because they have acknowledged and briefed congress on the fact that there is no easy military option. one of the things that you know, richard, is that their facilities are, their missile facilities are under ground and in tunnels. require being on a launch pad less time. we do not know where everything is...

To test the worlds patience. kim jong un is calling for more ballistic missile launches into the pacific ocean. the rogue regime in pyongyangil fired a rocket over japan, and response president trump issued this stern warning earlier today. threatening to stabilizing actions only increase the north korean regimes isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. all options are on the table. here now with reaction fox news contributor, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. john bolton. th...

>> sean: north korea continues to test the worlds patients. kim jong own is calling for more ballistic missile launches into the pacific ocean. the rogue regime in pyongyang fired a bucket over japan, and response president trump issued this stern warning earlier toda today. threatening to stabilizing actions only increase the north korean regimes isolation in the region and among all nations of the world. all options are on the table. here now with reaction fox news contributor, former u.s. amb...

Even monday night about afghanistan. that was specifically about his plan. how different are these audiences. plus the wider audience is the united states and the world. >> the danger of course when the president has different tones, messages and back and forth like this, people tune out. it becomes confusing with a confusing message from an an administration or president. its hard to get people to pay attention, even in the summer time. the president has a big agenda ahead of him on foreign pol...

[laughter] >> thats great for me because i dont know anything. brian: talk about why it took so long. >> for the afghanistan mission? the president has clearly come in to office and had an open mind on all things geopolitical. and military issues that were before him on. brian: he hates spending the money on this war. >> he hates spending the money and sending our soldiers over to anywhere in the world where its not necessary, where its not in the vital interest of the united states. and so he h...

This is an important staging ground, refueling station and launch pad for the u.s. military. and north korea has announced it is is drawing up plans to try to fire four intermediate ballistic missiles that would aim to splash down in the ocean 30 to 40 kilometers off the coast of this american island. ivan watson, cnn, in the skies over guam. >> ivan, thank you so much for the look there at guam. cnn is covering the north korean missile threat with our correspondents across the globe. experience...

Greenery, home to 160,000 american citizens. it is closer geographically to countries like the philippines and japan than to the mainland u.s. it is also an important military position, about a third of the island is controlled by the u.s. military, and in our aerial tour weve seen a submarine pulling into naval base guam. weve also passed over andersen air force base where b-one bombers have been flying out of this week. there are about 5,300 u.s. service personnel on this island, and when you ...

Know, we saw what happened with those missiles? >> no, you will pick them off the launch pad and more intelligence and surveillance assets have been placed over south and north korea. you will get all kinds of satellite and maybe a lot of high level drones and watching them 24 hours a day. when a signature goes off, you are going to pick it off the launch pad and off the truck that it fired from. it is going to be multiple layers of air defense from korea through japan and through the pacific an...