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Our not pursuing that. heres what he said and ill give you the chance to respond. >> i think the main point is that the obama administrations decision last year to cancel the missile defense site in poland and the czech republic has set back very dramatically the time in which the u.s. would be able to defend itself against an iranian ballistic missile capability. not an issue whether we need that defense today or whether the iranians are capable of launching today. its the trajectories down the...

>> reporter: that is significant because as they are working on their nuclear weapons program, they are also spending a lot of time and energy and money on that missile program, and so the concern from an american perspective is could that be a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the u.s. in just five years? jon: theyve also spent a lot of time, energy and money hardening their nuclear structures, right, to protect them from attack? >> reporter: thats right. this repor...

Juvenile detention center and, ohio, tshows brandon jones, getting up from a table and walking toward andy miller and picks him up and body slams him to the floor and the teen was in the hospital three months and the guard was fired and neither the police nor the juvenile court ever conducted a criminal investigation. now the local prosecutor is reviewing the police investigation into that matter. summit county, ohio. so new details about irans missile program. the latest on a classified pentago...

Report sent over to capitol hill. it says with help iran could probably develop and test a missile capable of reaching the united states in the next couple years. the iranian missiles already include missiles that could be used against our allies in the middle east. tell us more about the missile program. iran and what we are learning today thats so unique. >> reporter: both here in the united states and elsewhere around the world there is so much focus on nuclear. the report says iran is also s...

Their nuclear infrastructure, they continue uranium enrichment and despite setbacks and international pressure they appear poised to develop nuclear weapons, obviously a grave concern to much of the world community and allies like israel who are in the region and obviously very anxious about irans activities, gregg. gregg: the report looks at weapons and delivery systems. what does it say about the missile program? >> reporter: well, in terms of ballistic missiles, it says its array of ballistic...

Guard. what does the white house say? what do we know about them. >> reporter: roughly 125,000 member force, set up after the 1979 iranian revolution, and president mahmoud ahmadinejad is a veteran of the revolutionary guard. and, as are 2/3 of his staff. the guard has its own army, navy, air force, and operates separately from irans regular armed forces. it controls irans missile program. it also has a special operation unit, the jerusalem force which the u.s. says supports terrorist operation ...

The iranian state television. the peck is investigating claims but the white house called the launch provocative. western nations feared the same technology could be used to launch nuclear warheads though this time little creatures. mike emanuel is live at the pentagon tonight. did this work? what more do we know about irans ambitions here? >> well, shep, u.s. officials say that the launch did work but did not achieve orbit. so u.s. officials say it does not appear to move the ball forward in te...

Confirm the death. >> bret: mike emanuel live at the pentagon. thank you. american federal agents in guam arrested a man on charges of illegally exporting material for iran missile program. authorities say chin routed so-called dual use materials through taiwan and hong kong. dual use means the products have commercial applications and can be used in military programs. we are wondering what dictionary theyre using at the "washington post" and how it defines "rare." and you will be spending money...

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Real accounting and verification that extends beyond what was achieved in the iran deal. >> thats right, andrea. first of all, my concern with this summit is kim jong-un could make an empty commitment to denuclearize at some point in the future, but theres no clear road map to get that done or clear inspections to make sure they are giving up the nuclear weapons. second, the iran template is a good thing, it had the most intrusive inspections in that nuclear agreement. that would be a good basel...