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Intercept missiles from north korea. now, in response north koreas state broadcaster has criticized the exercise, calling it an intrusion. it says it increases the chance of an actual military confrontation. now, so far u.n. sanctions and international pressure have not discouraged north korea from continuing to develop its missile program and continuing with this kind of rhetoric. rick? rick: kitty, thank you very much. the norths missile test comes shortly after secretary of state rex tillerso...

With this story. kitty? >> reporter: hi, rick. not surprisingly, this latest launch has drawn widespread international condemnation. and south korean officials who observed the test say it flew just a few minutes before that missile broke up. now, its thought that this is a medium-range ballistic missile. it was fired in a northeasterly direction from an area north of the pyongyang. north korea has repeatedly continued to test these type of missiles despite strong objections from the internation...

Thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> so by ramping up the hot talk, the president argues he has gotten china more involved in quieting north korea. the tough talk the working. do you agree? >> clearly china is the key to this whole thing. china is major economic hub of north korea. china has to apply the screws and tell north korea if their economy is going to survive, they cannot continue to expand their nuclear arms program and their missile program. so china is in fact the key. people...

Has gotten the upper hand. it has been a stronger position than the u.s., and i think youre going to see across-the-board increased pressure brought to bear on iran. >> the state department claims iran continue developing its missile program and funding terrorism internationally. officials say part of the administrations review will examine how the u.s. can confront all of irans behavior and potentially use the new clear agreements to address it. the state department says all is going to be look...

But the media with just a constant drum roll whether that escalates tensions or gives kim jong-un a platform to make his threats against the u.s. gillian: to turn on the television during those 24 to 48 hours you would think we were on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. the media was fear mongering. people loss perspective. this is nothing new. the handling of their missile program, this is something that has been simmering and boiling for the last three years and the media has not been there cov...

Of the iran nuclear agreement and now a u.s. official will meet with iran and other counterparts who signed this agreement, that happens tomorrow and vienna. the u.s. position is even though iran is technically complying with that nuclear agreement, the deal only delays what would be an eventual development of a nuclear weapon by iran. it also does not fail to stop and perhaps even encourages iran with its other aggressive behavior whether it is harassing u.s. ships, imprisoning americans, conti...

Suspicious, so they had to make that certification. they didnt want the headline to be trump says irans doing fine. so they had to say, look, we you said iran is doing terrible things when it comes to terrorism, its missile program, and were going to take action. theyre going to look at sanctions, other ways of trying to, you know, hem in or contain iran as it were, and i think in some ways the goal is to provoke iran so if the deal goes away, it will be irans fault be, not the united states fau...

Not even though everybodys suspicious, so they had to make that certification. they didnt want the headline to be trump says irans doing fine. so they had to say, look, we you said iran is doing terrible things when it comes to terrorism, its missile program, and were going to take action. theyre going to look at sanctions, other ways of trying to, you know, hem in or contain iran as it were, and i think in some ways the goal is to provoke iran so if the deal goes away, it will be irans fault be...

Instagram at ali very. right now kristen welker hosts "andrea mitchell reports." >> thank you. hes back. for the first time since leaving the white house, former president barack obama takes the stage this hour. so why is he speaking out now? >> i want to be quiet a little bit and not hear myself talk so durn much. as i said before, im still a citizen. and good day. im kristen welker in for andrea. two presidents in the spotlight this hour. president trump here in washington at a drit cal meet...

But the media with just a constant drum roll whether that escalates tensions or gives kim jong-un a platform to make his threats against the u.s. gillian: to turn on the television during those 24 to 48 hours you would think we were on the brink of a nuclear holocaust. the media was fear mongering. people loss perspective. this is nothing new. the handling of their missile program, this is something that has been simmering and boiling for the last three years and the media has not been there cov...