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Been cleared with the white house and through the government. it seems like they quickly backed away from that. >> reporter: they did back away from that at the time, no question about it. there has been this sense of, you know, exactly what message is being sent here about this? the state department and rex tillerson, who is still on the job, many people assume by the beginning of 2018 he may not be. he still is, of course, but he, and the president, have not been on the same page. we even saw ...

Resonating here in the united states all the way up to the presidency. >> and here in seoul as well, chris, because for the north koreans they are claiming this is a game changer, they have now proven they have a missile that can hit anywhere in the world, and that was something that was affirmed by the u.s. defense secretary, saying as well this is really a new level of north korean missile capabilities. the wow song 15 reached an altitude we have never seen from a missile. north korea claims t...

On that and where this all appears to be leading. hots the latest, jim? >> whats key about this test, the highest altitude test north korea has ever conducted. it went 2700 miles directly up into space, and then back down to earth. that is more than ten times the altitude, for instance, of the international space station. why is that important? because that is the arc, the flight path consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile, a mistal that can go from north korea to, for instance, t...

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Administrations have done have been able to deter north korean missile testing. over the past nine years, north korea has done well over 75 ballistic missile tests and four nuclear tests. so we havent been very successful at deterring these sorts of exhibitions by the north koreans. having said that, i do think that this missile test, this icbm test as well as the treasures reaction that was taken against a chinese bank last week does provide a platform for the trump administration to go into th...

Defense long term. so a series of things we can do, but theres no quick fix. its going to take principled consistent american diplomacy to try to get the north koreans into a place where they can at least perhaps freeze their nuclear tests and their missile deployments. >> victor, let me ask you the same question a different way. again, nikki haley says the world is on notice. how does kim jong-un take that tonight? another way of asking that, has anything that the united states has said or done...

This regime is not backing down. in fact, they are ready to step tongas in terms of their missile testing and an official said another nuclear test is on the horizon. they are not concerned about washington or u.n. security council. they thought the statement by secretary of state rex tillerson were inflammatory and say there will be more responses from north korea, more provocations to come. will relationshiply, thank you so much. lets bring in our panel now. welcome everyone. kimberly i wa...

Where the north korea is backed into a corner. and china is the linchpin. >> president trump is working quite nicely, cooperatively with president x i of china. continuing, continuing lack considering the turbulent situation. >> talking about the relationship with china and suggesting the china is in a key position to influence what is going on. it begs my reason because to me, the idea that they are doing more missile testing seems to me to be quite intentionally suggesting that they want to di...

That there is tension rising. where the north korea is backed into a corner. and china is the linchpin. >> president trump is working quite nicely, cooperatively with president x i of china. continuing, continuing lack considering the turbulent situation. >> talking about the relationship with china and suggesting the china is in a key position to influence what is going on. it begs my reason because to me, the idea that they are doing more missile testing seems to me to be quite intentionally s...

Couple of days despite the fact that the president is saying that the president of china is a terrific guy, thanks for all the help. all of these things are, they are public statements that have been pretty down the middle-of-the-road.saying that the us and north korea both have bows bent and a care in the other metaphor but it certainly is north korea tobacco. is it different what they are saying publicly and privately? >> i think so. they have stopped importing call from north korea which is a...