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Engineering, just bad luck. thats the nature of these missile programs. its been u.s. policy to do everything possible to slow or even stop the development of both the missile and nuclear development programs, whether its the use of sanctions, potentially sabotage, and even diplomacy. >> we know from previous reporting, this was successful done with irans nuclear program, so it would be easy to assume they would try it. >> i think theres a playbook here. the u.s. has it. they can use asymmetric ...

United states. what do you say? >> we dont know yet. it could be sabotage, it could be poor engineering or just bad luck. its the nature of these missile programs. but its clear u.s. policy has tried to do everything, chuck, to slow or even stop the development of the missile and nuclear programs, whether its the use of sanctions, sabotage or use of diplomacy. >> and we know this was successfully done with irans nuclear program, so it would be easy to assume they would try it. >> there is a play...

Military, civilian and nationals, perhaps because this government is in a most unusual situation, in a standoff the united states over nuclear and missile programs. the leader is looking to the crowd for rockets, perhaps highly orchestrated support. >> now in that parade julie, this is very interesting, we and experts know a lot about this stuff and were looking at the hardware that was rolling by us, and yes, they start to intermediate range missiles of the type that might have been launched th...

Perfect guest. general michael hayden is the former head of both the nsa and cia, his memoir "playing to the edge, american intelligence in the age of terror" now available in paperback. general hayden, whats in those cans and how do we know? >> well, michael, we dont know. and i think were going to have an awful lot of american intelligence analysts looking over parade footage for a very long time to try to determine what may or may not be the status of these missile programs in north korea. fr...

Parade. military, civilian and nationals, perhaps because this government situation, in a standoff the united states over nuclear and missile programs. the leader is looking to the crowd for rockets, perhaps highly orchestrated support. >> now in that parade julie, this is very interesting, we and experts know a lot about this stuff and were looking at the hardware that was rolling by us, and yes, they start to intermediate range missiles of the type that might have been launched this morning th...

Long time to try to determine what may or may not be the status of these missile programs in north korea. frankly, michael, i think the smart estimate is, that theres an inevitability about the north koreans getting to the point we fear and you mentioned, but i dont think theyre there yet. i think theyre several years away. this is a complex problem but they are solving it one piece at a time, even with their unsuccessful missile tests. so again, inevitability but theyre not there yet. >> the mo...

Discussions in the future on topics of mutual importance. as president trump has said, the chief goal of our trade policies is the prosperity of the american worker. to that end, we will pursue economic engagement with china that prioritizes the well-being of the american people. were also looking to make progress with china on areas of foreign policy, those that serve our interests as well as the regions. and were hopeful china will find way to have influence over north korea to dismantle their...

Economic engagement with china that prioritizes the economic well-being of the american people. were also looking to make progress with china on areas of foreign policy. those that exercise influence over north koreas actions to dismantle their nuclear weapons and missile programs. whether it is using their authority on the u.n. security council or new leaders of power, china can be part of a new strategy to end north koreas reckless behavior and ensure security, stability and economic prosperit...

The rogue nation firing a missile into international waters. but now it looks like the launch was more of a dud. this is expected to be a major part of the discussion that president trump is going to have with chinas president tomorrow. right, rich? >> reporter: thats right, melissa. a state department official calls this an urgent and global threat. we expect this very much to be part of the discussions between president xi of china and president trump. the united states has been pushing the ch...

Pretty good at acting like the crazy drunk neighbor with a submachine gun at the end of the block. the chinese dont want any trouble. when the chinese push them a bit, they start throwing bottles and shooting guns into the air and china backs off. >> reporter: one option is to speak directly with kim jong un. >> who knows? theres a 10 or 20% chance that i can talk them out of those damn nukes. >> reporter: president trump floated the idea at least three times on the campaign trail. >> i dont see...