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And can be employed on the ground without warning. so what is really essential here is that we finally, i think, have gotten the attention of the chinese, now we have to work extremely hard to make sure that we and the chinese are on the same sheet of music, that we have a series of responses to various levels of provocation from the north koreans and that we ensure that if there is another test for example, nuclear test that the chinese do what they say they are going to do and thats squeeze th...

Valor. this, of course, an incredible time that the vice president lands, just after north korea tested another missile. for more about that and this trip, lets go to ivan watson now in the region. >> thank you, natalie. north korean state media so far have not reported on pyongyangs failed missile test early sunday. south korea says the rocket was launched from the north korean port of sinpo on the east coast. the u.s. military says it blew up immediately so there wasnt much time to gather data...

>> reporter: yeah. really no response from president trump, rene. in fact, his administration marking this failed missile launch in north korea with a very terse and short response from defense secretary james mattis, really a two sentence response. secretary mattis putting it this way saying the president and his military team are aware of north koreas most recent unsuccessful missile launch. the president has no further comment. so administration officials saying that this terse and short resp...

Koreas failed missile test. it was actually within an hour of taking off after refueling in alaska that he was told. his advisors came back and told those of us reporters on his plane that it failed within four or five seconds of the attempt, and thats why they made clear that they were not going to make a big deal out of it, that the response was going to be very much to down play it. thats certainly what we saw from the vice president himself. his first remarks here on the ground in south kore...

Security adviser general mcmaster speaking from afghanistan today. and he said its a failed test which followed another failed test. theres no need to reinforce their failure. we also heard from a u.s. official who told us that the white house response is intentionally low key to not give north korea the attention theyre seeking. the second message is the national security council in coordination with the pentagon, state department and u.s. intelligence agencies are working on having a wide rang...

Marked the birth of the founder and first leader his grandfather. the failed launch just after, just as mike pence arrived in south korea to begin his first official trip to the asia-pacific region as vice president. kristin fisher filed this report from trumps estate in florida. >> the reaction from the white house has been very restraint. no tweets from the president. the first response came from defense secretary james mattis. he put out a statement that reads the president and his military t...

Region, whats the best course of action? we have 28,000 u.s. troops stationed in south korea. >> well, were going to have to work on two fronts. first of all, we have to figure out what the strategy is going to be in the region. i dont think necessarily we have one. thats what general mcelderry ma -- mcmaster has to do. well have plans for responding to various levels of provocation and deception. separately, we need to work very, very hard to ensure in the next 18 to 24 months, which is i think...

Up almost immediately. this is a deep embarrassment for kim jong un. happening as u.s. warships are heading to the region to deter this very sort of provocation. now, that north korea fired something is really not a surprise. theres been speculation for weeks that a nuclear missile test was in the works. what isnt clear is the reaction or the extent of reaction particularly from the united states. president trump has said that north korea is a problem that will be dealt with. but so far on the t...

>> this mornings provocation from the north is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day in the defense of the freedom of the people of south korea and the defense of america in this part of the world. your willingness to step forward to serve, to stand firm without fear, inspires our nation and inspires the world. >> the vice presidents visit there in seoul is the first of an 11-day trip across the asia pacific region. the goal is to reassure allies as the tension mou...

Father would si that the ones who were the real heroes were the ones who did not come home, and of course thats something that vice president mike pence would clearly have been thinking about when he touched down here in south korea. the first order of business on the agenda was a trip to the national cemetery here to pay respects. then he came here to join the troops, and he was very clear in delivering the message you heard just moments ago about the support that is coming from washington, the...