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Sunni muslim community to get their bomb to counter the persian bomb. having said that, i personally believe it wasnt a good accord. the israelis opposed it. the saudis opposed it. when you look out 15 years, it really didnt achieve any finality to it. it didnt affect the iranians massive involvement in terrorism throughout the middle east. it didnt affect their missile development program, which is obviously a key part of a credible nuclear strike capability. so weve got sort of a shaky situati...

The persian gulf, these days an msnbc military analyst. also meria is back with us. general, the question to you and its a tough one because were dealing with a lay audience come together news at the end of the day. what happened today to this deal, to this nation, what happened to our standing, perhaps, with our allies and around the world? >> well, pretty risky course of action. the president obviously is trying to apply leverage on the iranians who are causing huge maihem and mischief in iraq...

Conflict, nor their missile development program. now, the problem is his own secretary of defense, jim mattis said its too late, we cant withdraw, we will never be able to reimpose the ankss. the european union wont stand with us, never mind the chinese and the russians. so its hard to see what leverage he gets when the iranians can read "the washington post" also. >> how do you feel this affects our standing, our negotiating ability, how does it ricochet around the world and particularly to nam...

Diplomacy, more pressure on the north koreans. but they seem hell-bent, if i can say that, on moving forward with this missile development program, with their nuclear program. because as weve said time and time again this morning, they see this as the key to their survival, as the key to their existence, having this deterrent as a deterrent as what they see as attack by south koreans and the united states and japan. >> great summary, ron. also if you can, while we have you, there was the picture...

Intercontin intercontinental ballistic missile, going from years to months to achieve that in their developmental program. do you think this counts as a surprise to the u.s. officials? >> well, you know, im not sure that we know the answer to that. what we may be seeing unveiled here for all we know in the public and the media is something that the intelligence community has been keeping secret. we just -- we just dont know, but youre right, when you look at the pieces that have been emerging in...

Of defense mentioned if they shoot at us, its game on, shep. >> shepard: rich, under what circumstances will the united states negotiate with north korea? sounds like they wont even talk unless they want to talk about denuclearization? >> they believe north korea has entered into the agreements and walked away. its not an honest broker. the u.s. wants some type of signal that north korea will enter into serious negotiations. they want the testing to stop and the missile development program to ha...

The launch sends a quote, stern warning to the u.s., but president trump has condemned this latest launch as reckless and he says the test will further isolate north korea. of course, the country has continued with these missile tests in defiance of a u.n. ban and seemingly undeterred sanctions. and secretary of state rex tillerson saying that both china and russia bear some responsibility for the threat of north korea. the white house has previously said that all options are on the table when i...

Go long™. ♪ growing concerns this morning over north koreas rapidly developing nuclear program after a successful ballistic missile test over the weekend. the kim jong-un regime now claims its capable of striking the mainland united states. pyongyang also warns, its latest missile test proves it has growing capacity to launch bigger nuclear weapons. cnns alexandra field live in seoul for us with the latest. good morning to you, alex. how does this latest launch differ from those weve seen ...

Fuel rock, they could be hidden. they he can be fired on short notice. even when there are failures, the north koreans are making progress with the missile development program and they seem very determined in the face of some pretty strong international condemnation, theyre going to move forward and they are making progress. >> so when you talk about the scud missile, weve heard the word rocket and this intercontinental ballistic missile which is the biggest fear because thats the one that could...

Is, what kind of power this has, what kind of impact on the overall missile development program in north korea. were still trying to figure that out at this point. this is still coming into the newsroom. its important to understand the context surrounding all this. north korea has been extremely busy as of late with dozens of ballistic missile tests since the beginning of 2016. and lately theyve made a lot of progress in terms of moving that technology forward. one thing weve seen recently is ho...