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We have to go after our allies and friends who are trading with the north koreans and saying, you can slow this down or stop it altogether because youre helping an adversary continue to build a missile capability threatening us and you, and we cant accept that. well ask you to cooperate with us or pay an economic penalty here. the more we can squeeze kim jong-un economically, he wont be able to have as much to devote to his missiles. hell have to devote some of it to the -- his allies have been ...

Guam, which is the terminal system that allows us to engage in enemy missile coming in on its terminal phase and if it doesnt work, of course, the missile lands but the reality is that north korea has multiple opportunities there to attack guam if they wanted to. they have the missile capability and, of course, you know, there has been recent reports about the potential ability to attach a nuclear weapons to those missiles. >> shannon: lets talk about the defense systems we have in place. someth...

Iran, which has an ideology thats different. its not so much about protecting the regime, its about the ideology that would kill their own children in many cases to kill ours. and that puts us in a very frightening situation and ultimately we need to keep in mind if north korea has nuclear weapons, they do. its an easy thing for iran to obtain them if north korea should choose to supply them. and that with irans missile capability represents a very grave threat. one that might put your children ...

Defense capability. the thaad anti-missile system had been put on hold by the new president of south korea. he wanted to look at the environmental impact of this particular weapons capability. and i would say go forward now, put it into operational effect. i would recommend that japan have a similar type of system, and that will get the attention of not only the north koreans, but specifically china and russia. our allies have to join with us, in posing even more severe sanctions that have been ...

Understand. i think the president wanted to be clear to the north korean regime that the u.s. has an unconditional ability to defend itself, will defend itself and its allies. i think its important he deliver that message to avoid any mysticaling lags on their part. >> well, one of north koreas responses was to say its going to direct -- thats where youre headed right now. would you consider rerouting? >> the north korea missile capability can point in many directions. guam is not the only place...

That sentence. thanks very much. were again awaiting the state department. thats the diplomatic side of this. the colonel said this is an urgent situation. we know rex tillerson has said that this is not an imminent situation, but well hear definitively from the state department any moment. well have that live when heather nauert steps up. a tiny island in the west pacific is now at the center of the stage with the standoff with kim jong-un. you heard me talk about it, guam. >> the north korean ...

Missile capability. develop long-range missile capability and finally develop intercontinental ballistic. they have done all of that they have done it as remarkable speed. most of those missiles, harris, we have got to keep going back to this look remarkably like the chinese. i believe they are absolutely complicit in north koreas missile development. they said they were going to develop miniaturized nuclear weapon capable of fixing it to intercontinental ballistic missile it appears they have d...

Too. >> and the presidents credibility at some point, look, no the to pick on him. you can go back to the clinton administration, the george w. bush administration, the barack obama administration had this problem. north korea accelerated its program. to your point, the pace of developing a missile capability. nikki haley, no point in having an emergency session of the security council if it produces nothing of consequence. china must decide whether its willing to take a vital step. the administ...

their control. and they want to recognize the nuclear state. by the way, none of these goals are likely to achieve. theyre going to end up as a target for u.s. nuclear weapons. were going to have to watch them. were going to have to develop direct energy weapons to try to isolate their missile capability. but at the end of the day, we are going to have to consider first strike on north korea, if we see them on the verge of launching. this is becoming more unstable, more dangerous as the years...

We have the technology to protect ourselves in the homeland. this is what comes with the transportation bill at a perfect time. its not rosa bridges. its going to go to the power grid in president trump is committed to not only hardening, but reinvesting a new transformers that will have it. >> youve got the missile capability but the heart and capability as well. do you have any sense that north korea coming in no come intelligence or information about their desire to use an emp or nuclear devi...