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Continues. >> yeah, what analysts will say is that russian behavior, despite president trumps positive rhetoric, has really not changed. moscow was very enthusiastic about trump at the beginning but now they may be getting a little bit nervous about how this is going to play out, they may want to have some leverage for when those two leaders do finally need to. the nuclear missile was a long time coming. the spy ship off the coast of delaware is being talked about is something to be watched but ...

Happening now, broken trust. the white house says president trump asked for michael flynns resignation after he lost confidence in his national security adviser. tonight, members of both parties are demanding investigations into flynns contacts with russia, his misleading statements and president trumps response. 18 days. the white house confirms the president was warned nearly three weeks ago that flynn wasnt telling the truth. what changed between then and now. and why was flynn allowed to s...

And now on north korea. and its very important with north korea that the president does take a slightly more cautious tone, partially because we know very well that north korea leader kim jong un with a highly volatile, irascible figurehead. hes not somebody you want to bait into provocation. i also think this may well have been something of a test for president trump. weve seen king jong unand his father kim jong il do something over and over again, do something dangerous and provocative, invit...

Korea is very important in the north korean issue. i think more pressure is needed for north korea in terms of sanctions, in terms of human rights issues, in terms of getting more information into north korea. theres a lot more that we could and should still do. >> not that anyone could get into the mind of kim jong un, but what is your sense that kim jong un wants to see happen? >> i think what he wants right now with this provocation is he wants to test mr. trump to see if he can get an offer ...

Down by the 9th circuit on the temporary restraining order should be heard on bonk with a panel of 11 judges reviewing it. the white house and opposing states have been asked for briefs and have until 2:00 thursday to file those. folks at the white house they think because the court is asking at this they may go that route, there is nothing to lose. >> it could be a winning strategy for them even though they arent the ones instigating it. president trump also reacting to a new threat this weeken...

>> bill: would you expect this fledgling white house to do about it? >> it has to reverse eight years of an obama policy called strategic patience, doing nothing. this norths continuing effort to make a nuclear device with a ballistic missile to hit the united states. this particular missile not long range enough but they are getting the capability to do it and were running out of time. the immediate provocation here not worth a different response than what we got from the trump administration b...

And japans prime minister appeared before the cameras to make an unscheduled joint statement. in the remarks they called the missile launch absolutely intolerable. they said president trump reassured him of the presidents commitment to japan. a point is her trump reiterated. >> i just want everyone to understand and to fully know that the united states of america stands behind japan, its a great ally, 100%. >> the timing of the latest launch is notable. about 24 hours earlier at the white house ...

Intercontinental ballistic missile. mr. trump responded by saying it would not happen. white house correspondent athena jones is in south florida where president trump is playing host to japans prime minister. athena, for the moment theres been no reaction from the president? >> hi, thats right. we know that the white house is aware and monitoring the situation closely. we know that president trump has been briefed. we dont know who he was briefed by. and we know that the press pool, the pool of...

Welcome back to "newsroom." recapping news this hour, north korea has test fired another ballistic missile. sources report it was launched from that nations north. it traveled a little more than 300 miles, some 500 kilometers and landed in the japan known as the east sea. a u.s. military spokesman says it was either a medium or intermediate range ballistic missile. >> the latest provocation from pyongyang has been condemned by south korea and japan. shinzo abe called it absolutely intolerable. h...

To, and south koreans are continuing to work with the administration, and the president trumps administration has a brand-new issue on their hands to deal with as the north korean regime seems motivated more than ever to make their presence known. >> the system being debated, its u.s. planned and would be positioned in the southern part of the south korean peninsula, but does this latest provocation bolster their argument that they need it there? >> well, it certainly gives proponents of the sys...