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Developing world, in the building and development world in new york city. i mean, its absolutely, completely absurd. this is where we are. >> one of the interesting things about the trump administration vis-a-vis russia thus far is there is a conflict between what you hear from the white house and actual policy going into effect. so for instance trump goes to poland end of last week and signs a missile defense program with them that the obama administration had rolled back. thats explicitly dire...

Unsuccessful this is a serious weapon but i think it surprise most xmas by how quickly it came. this is a mobile two stage long-range missile that can hit singapore, australia or alaska and is not the end of their testing program. they have two other ocean spanning weapons that they will be testing. they have been testing at a rate of one missile about every three weeks in fact kim jong un has tested a three missile tests if we dont stop consumed by the end of the first term it is likely he will...

The pentagon celebrating a victory of sorts following test of missile defense program and reengineered intercepter rocket. yesterdays simulation on the heels of north koreas missile launch and amid heightening tensions with pyongyang. richard engel has more on the test. >> reporter: the u.s. military practiced defending the united states from a north korean attack, firing missile killing intercepter. this is it, speeding over the pacific, on its way to its target. another missile the u.s. launch...

Convert that into china applying pressure to end the nuclear program in north korea. but just freezing the program is not enough for the administration. the administration has said they must eliminate their nuclear weapons. that is a very difficult thing, to force a nation to do. so the question is, how do you succeed in doing that? and thats where both the war drums and the chinese pressure dont ultimately result in a coherent sense of how you get to that goal. >> senator, we heard the presiden...

Troops right on the border. we havent seen that in a very long time. we havent seen diplomacy work that fast, and while theres a whole bunch more that needs to be done, i see that as an amazing moment where we finally have china understanding when they look at president trump that this is a credible threat of military action. this isnt a threat of military action, this is incredibly credible. >> dana: gillian, there have been some changes, but you see some things that kind of look similar. what ...

China, and really create action, put those troops right on the border. we havent seen that in a very long time. we havent seen diplomacy work that fast and while theres a whole bunch more that needs to be done, i see that as an amazing moment where he finally have china understanding when they look at president trump that this is a credible threat of military action. this is an the threat of military action, this is incredibly credible. >> dana: julien, there have been some changes but you see s...

>> reporter: it certainly is. the u.s. is looking for a lot from north korea. they are willing to give anything in advance of that. this is the time to sit down for talks and north korea is not at that place. they ratcheted up the missile defense program. ratcheted up nuclear ambitions. the secretary of state at the dmz. the border between north korea and south korea to get very close to the threat. he returned to seoul to say the north korean threat is no longer a regional concern. it say conce...

Body to hydrate and soften, unblocking your system naturally. miralax. julie: reuters reporting north korea has fired some type of missile. this is according to the reporting from south korea. if confirmed this would be the first north korean launch during president trumps time in office and the timing of it is noteworthy. it happens to come as japans prime minister visits washington and florida. japan a key player in this missile defense program as the united states has set several warnings, do...

>> i think we have had failure in the last two administrations. under secretary of state condi rice north korea was taken off the u.s. list of state-sponsored tear terrorists. sanctions were reduced. that was a mistake. the bawnl administration had what it called strategic patience with north korea. north korea said fine, and they advanced their ballistic missile program. we are in deep trouble because of north koreas progress and the potential collaboration with iran. the trump administration s...

Strategy of strategic patience is over. there isnt a lot you can do the cant put sanctions on a country with a population that is starving. you cant stop their importation of illegal money. sadly i am afraid the north koreans are on a roll and there is little if anything the united states or china or the u.n. can do. >> i disagree. we may not be able to stop the north korean program but we can get a defensive program from the united states. i was in a white house the night president obama gameco...