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Connect a miniaturized bomb to one of those missiles one day. lets talk about the strength of the bomb just tested by north korea. how strong is it? >> reporter: david, they have stepped up from a basic atomic weapon to a complex they remember nuclear device. they believe its between five and eight times stronger than the bomb dropped on hiroshima in the end of world war ii. >> you told us how far those intercontinental ballistic missiles could feasibly go, the most recent going higher and furth...

Questions that need to be answered. the first is what would any kind of military strike, preventive strike accomplish? and i think most experts agree that youre not going to dismantle north koreas nuclear program or its missile program through a military strike. so, you know, what is it that we would achieve with a military strike is one question. and the second is then what comes next? if we launch some kind of military strike against north korea, which i think ambassador hailey was hinting at ...

Cyber actions, for instance, or underground activity to neutralize kims missile program. all are inherently risky. south korea has warned kim jong un is preparing for another missile test, perhaps this weekend. >> kat: thank you. i like the way the white house is handling this. i know youve been in support of doing more. what do you think? >> eboni: we know there are no good options. but i do like diplomacy is not the only option. at the same time, exhausting it to the extent its viable. on any ...

Halt its missile program and the u.s. and south korea south korea to stop their joint military operations. you can see that something that might seem obvious to some pile on those sanctions fully enforce them, thats not so obvious to russia and china. so it could be very difficult to get china on board to the extent that the u.s. wants to see. >> you mentioned south korea. let me come to that. michelle, thank you so much. speaking of this u.s. ally, president trump has now taken a swipe at south...

Of first strike to destroy the -- or to destroy the norths missile capability. south koreans are adamantly opposed to that because they fear the consequences could be catastrophic. seoul sits 50 miles from one of the most fortified boarders in the world and the congress jone consequences are unspeakable in many analysts eyes. that is the tension between the south korean government and the united states government and the japanese government as well, which is clearly in the firing line. japan jus...

Intervening. thats because china shares a border and so does russia. theyre worried about it escalating to the a nuclear conflict. that could clearly affect their territoriries it might lead to a major refugee crisis. one of the arguments in washington is that if washington was prepared to put deep economic pressure on china, china would be able to intervene and stop the north korean missile program. whether thats true or not, is unclear. the leader of china has never met with the leader of nort...

Program. they would never give up their missile program. they see it as a combination of national pride. they see it as also an element of survival. that they feel if they have the weaponry there, the nuclear weaponry there they stand less of a chance of being threatened by the united states. so far i havent seen too much budging by north korea. one of my experts said it looked like china was having an effect in tempering the attitude of pyongyang because we hadnt seen another nuclear test. by a...

Missile program. they see it as a combination of national pride. they see it as also an element of survival. that they feel if they have the weaponry there, the nuclear weaponry there they stand less of a chance of being threatened by the united states. so far i havent seen too much budging by north korea. one of my experts said it looked like china was having an effect in tempering the attitude of pyongyang because we hadnt seen another nuclear test. by all indications according to this informa...

That was dropped on the nagasaki and the analysts are saying this morning that it was five times larger than the bomb dropped on nagasaki, and if you look at this map, its ridiculous. think about this, 120 kilo tons larger than the most recent test north korea has done. abby: compare back to 2006 where it was just one kiloton. that gives you a sense how much it has grown just in the recent years. the capabilities they have today today. we knew this was eventual, but to see it i guess this mornin...

This country, perhaps based in this country as a deterrent to north korea. theres a huge u.s. military presence here and the south korean president has been adamant about trying to find a diplomatic solution to this problem, to talking with the north koreans, to reconciliation. and im sure thats still the first priority. but the reaction to this has been very strong because this has been a monumental event. theres been a steady escalation, a steadying ratcheting up of tension, a steady movement ...