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Korea and the united states, and the united states has responded in a very cool fashion. very strong. showing kim jong-un that we are the superior military power, but not trying to rise to these provocations and trying, actually, to decrease the level of rhetoric. i think thats the right move by washington. >> lets talk a little bit about the provocations, as you say, at least from the north korean side, new details this morning about these two missiles and what we know are missile components an...

Ambassador richardson says of all this back and forth. >> i think our response has been appropriate, cool, calm but at the same time putting our military resources ready in case theres an emergency. but if they try anything with the united states, its suicidal. thats not going to happen. >> want to bring in our barbara starr from the pentagon. barbara, we heard bill richardson say it would be suicidal for north korea to go through with its threats. hes a diplomat. how does the military see it? >...

About this missile, and what is the pentagon saying about this threat? >> well, the concern, don, basically is that if they did this test off the east coast, that it could go over japan, which would be very threatening to the u.s. ally in japan, and you would wonder what sort of response could be needed out after that. but this missile, they have seen indications over the last few days that the north has been moving missile components, a missile launch system to that east coast in preparation fo...

Missile but places like guam would be in the target zone. so would japan. so would south korea. there are tens of thousands of u.s. troops and assets in those areas. >> tom foreman, thank you. only a handful of americans have ever set foot inside north korea. former governor bill richardson is one of them. hes been there several times and now joins me. thanks for joining us. as we just mentioned the north koreans have moved missile components to their east coast likely for a test launch that cou...

Buying materials and components for iran for the missiles and this is incredible. beijing despite pleas from the obama and the bush administrations, allowed north korea to use the beijing airport to transfer missiles to iran. the evidence of chinas complicity is overwhelming . >> this begs the question why cant the u.s. impose tougher res on china for allowing the missile components to go through the rogue governments. >> there no reason why we shouldnt. this poses a threat to the united states....

The united states also has not ruled out military action. today the white house said iran has failed to convince the world that it has nothing to hide. and now a retired british businessman is heading to the united states to face charges that he tried to sell missile components to the iranians. mike emanuel is live in our washington bureau with the latest. mike? >> well, john, good evening. christopher tappan says he has done nothing wrong. before being handed over to u.s. marshals for extraditi...

To sell $north korean missile parts abroad. they say he was work on behalf of the north koreans to broker missile components other international entities. police say he had been in contact with high-ranking official. the united nations has enacted the toughest sanctions yet against north korea. but for years the regime has found ways to make money selling weapons and counter fit money and drugs. north korea has cracked down heard on its own people as military fences have risen. the united nation...

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