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Members of the russian military is an aggression that has not been kept in check. certainly by the russian government, certainly by vladimir putin. and so i think that it is a case in which whether it is an error or -- in air or at sea, russian soldiers are -- and the troops are not phased by this. clearly, though, there was an understanding on the part of this russian vessel that this -- that this american vessel was engaged in active military ops so from that perspective this makes this a star...

Lets get analysis now. retired rear admiral and cnn military analyst john kirby. you look at this, admiral kirby, this is no accident. this is an intentional move by this russian -- >> no question about it. you have a ship in restricted maneuvering, recovering helicopters, there is a limited amount of things she can do to maneuver. the russian destroyer was making a run at her at a high late rate of speed. she would have known that the chancellorsville was recovering helicopters because you can ...

And both have said of one another that they are each others best friend and both of them very critical of the united states at this point. john? >> frederick pleitgen for us in st. petersburg. thank you very much. i have to say, a hundred feet, a hundred meters, it is incredibly close for vessels of this size. and if the russian vessel did get that close, you have to wonder what they were trying to do. it was obviously of some kind of, if not a provocation, at least game playing that was very da...

American sailors recording the latest potentially deadly provocation by the russian military. the incident taking place in international waters in the philippine sea, just south of the japanese island of okinawa. the russian action came as the u.s. cruiser was trying to land a helicopter on its deck, giving it even less maneuverability than usual. >> you have to be on a set course and a set speed to the winds across the deck are safe for the helicopter to land. >> reporter: boxed in, the captain...

American ship instigated the whole thing and it happened in the east china sea. pay attention with me as we look at video here to the wake created by this russian ship. so two navy officials tell cnn it could only come from a steep turn at high speed. so you saw it there. this mornings provocation is actually the fourth military confrontation between the u.s. and russian in just the past couple of days. cnn national security analyst sean turner is the former communications director for u.s. nati...

The point of saying knocking out one of the electoral delegates. can they not make it so the next election is not callable. there is no clear winner. can they do that? >> they are thinking through ways to do that. there is a cost benefit calculus. basedoverpropaganda, they would like to see another trump term. they would only do that they were concerned about a challenger overtaking trump and have to make a decision about that challenger. would this be someone who would support russian foreign p...

If the u.s. is not going to give shaungs relief, north korea has no choice but to continually escalate. i would call it controlled provocation and controlled escalation. theyre not going to test intercontinental ballistic missile or they said trump administration has until the end of the year to change their mind on that. and kim jong-un knows if theres an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test or nuclear test thats going to be a red line. anything short of that, they will have to am...

Shaungs relief, north korea has no choice but to continually escalate. i would call it controlled provocation and controlled escalation. theyre not going to test intercontinental ballistic missile or they said trump administration has until the end of the year to change their mind on that. and kim jong-un knows if theres an icbm test, intercontinental ballistic missile test or nuclear test thats going to be a red line. anything short of that, they will have to amp up the pressure so that trump a...

North koreas continued missile testing, which brings us back to our guest in the studio here tonight, the veteran north korea analyst, sue mi terry. sue, we wanted to ask you about something that you said that kind of silenced this entire room. you made a prediction that before the end of the summer, we would likely see a medium-range missile test by the north that would fly over japan. its a weighty prediction and it got our attention. tell us why you believe that. >> because what north koreans...

Becomes less stable because of these tariffs. >> i want to get back to the usmca you just mentioned there. he just signed this deal with mexico. is there a sense he has lost or could lose negotiating leverage in this? well, its seen as a sharp tact on mexico by the u.s. and without proper provocation. apparently trump was very mad that you had 1,000 central americans turn themselves over to u.s. officials at the border on wednesday. plus that was the same day robert mueller came out publicly to ...