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>> a new warning about north koreas missile program. south korea saying the north new missiles can reach the u.s. mainland. it comes from evidence they say they recovered after north korean banned missile test earlier this month. they say they are not sure if north korea has mastered re-entry technology which would be necessary for any intercontinental ballistic missile to hit a national target. south korean officials also say they found evidence to launch a test to technology. not for peaceful ...

>> a new warning tonight about north koreas missile program. south korean defense officials saying the norths new missiles can now reach the u.s. mainlands, comes from evidence they recovered after the banned missile test that happened earlier this month. but they say theyre still not sure if north korea has mastered reentry technology which would be necessary for any inter-continental ballistic missile to hit an actual target. south korean officials also say theyve found evidence the launch was...

Be snow. westbound, rick i want to point out well have a storm out west christmas eve and christmas day could be producing snow in places like amarillo and oklahoma, parts of arkansas and missouri, places that dont always see a white christmas, could be seeing a white christmas, this year. >> rick: happy kids, marie molina. thanks. he defied the international community by launching a long range rocket and now, well tell you what north koreas leader is saying, that he has planned for the future o...

Than stopping north korea. we always go to bay sing to look for help. we have spent the only currency that matters now and that is time. jon: its been a wrong-headed approach would be your argument, or so it sounds. >> yeah, it hasnt worked, right now i think we have to start looking to ourselves for our security, because right now we are getting down to a period where we dont have the luxury and time to try to do these big things. what we have to do is we have to start the north korean missile ...

Okinawa islands where there is large u.s. presence. south korea is calling for more u.s. sanctions. the most important, china, they are saying want a moderate and prudent response. may well go to the u.n. security council this morning. back to you. martha: so how important is it for north koreas missile regime, missile program i should say they were able to launch this weapon successfully? they have seen several failures in the past? >> reporter: well it is a major scientific achievement if you ...

Of north korea. the regime has made good on its promise and its threat to up its missile program. now successfully launching a long range rocket. here you see fireworks and a parade set up to sell operate the launch. this move is setting off urgent alarm bells on the region and here at home. we have former deputy vice president for national security affairs. steven, good good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: you told our producers this demonstrate ad significant leap in its long-rang...

And they are going to push that number up. this is going to energize them. i think theres a bear getting baited here. >> even before this legislation was signed yesterday, i was getting union sources writing to me saying were getting ready to fight this. this is just another step in this struggle. david, great to have you here. erin, thanks so much. >> thank you. nations across the globe are now expressing anger and condemnation over the north korean rocket launch. take a look at this video fr...

Security council. the state department said we have the un security council statement which strongly condemned their last launch and made clear that the council was determined to take action if there is a further launch and we stand by that, end quote. just what action the un might take remains unclear but the tightening of sanctions is almost a sure bet and given that much of the technology for north koreas missile program is imported, a stricter ban of technology sports from around the world m...

Sanctioned out and there is nothing more we can do but that is not true. we saw it with financial sanctions. also we could stop north koreas proliferation of missile parts. for instance this year, the south koreans stop ad chinese vessel which had graphite cylinders came from north korea and probably going to syria for syrias missile program. jenna: china has a role in all of this as well? >> china has been backing both iran and north korea with regard to missiles and nukes. >> where can you poi...

Europe, have subsidiaries in china, selling to chinese industries and trading companies. north korea works that system very well to end up with those kinds of high-tech items from outside china. and so while i cant speak specifically on the missile program i certainly can on the nuclear and yes, indeed, north korea buys european high-tech equipment and likely u.s. equipment. so its a problem. china has been made aware of the problem but they havent done enough and, i think this missile launch co...