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Of the alliance. >> he goes home to a real battle. the counteroffensive in the east has not achieved what was expected in the early stages. melissa bell, thanks so much. just days after north korea threatened to shoot down u.s. spy planes, the nation now firing a missile into the ocean near japan. its indicating that north korea is advancing. lets go to orin lieberman. what can you tell us about the launch? >> reporter: its significant in terms of the timing around the launch. what did north k...

Of "nuclear nightmares." joe, nice to see you. >> pleasure, shep. >> shepard: where are we in the long arm of troubles with north korea? >> in is a major step forward to north korea. the most dangerous test they have done yet. >> shepard: why? >> demonstrating new capabilities. it didnt travel very far but thats because it took a lofted trajectory. went straight up and came straight down. it traveled about 500 miles, the distance from maine to washington d.c., if you flatten that out. you get to...