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April 15th, which is the birthday of the founder of north korea, and every time these special events take place, the north koreans usually engage in some kind of provocative act. so i would not be surprised if they use that event in order to either send off a missile or do a nuclear test or do something that is provocative. but as always, i think we have to be prepared to make sure that it doesnt cross that line, that we would consider some kind of direct attack either on south korea or japan or...

>> reporter: the melody reminding north koreans of the sacrifices of their leaders. musical melody echos reinforcing loyalty to the supreme leader. on the front page of the newspaper, kim jong-un signing the order to test what the regime calls a hydrogen bomb. many outside reservers question the claim. no doubt, among these students lined up outside pyongyang science and technology center, they say we are the first foreign media to visit the brand new building. north korean researcher, lee wong,...

Facility. >> reporter: as the clock strikes midnight on kim jong-uns birthday, an eerie melody reminding north koreans of the sacrifices of their leaders. ♪ >> reporter: musical propaganda echoes through pyongyang every day, every night, reinforcing a message of loyalty to the supreme leader. on the front page of north koreas main state newspaper, kim jong-un signing the order to test what the regime calls a hydrogen bomb. many outside observers question the claim. theres no doubt among these ...

Admitted it. abcs joohee cho has the latest from seoul, south korea. good morning, joohee. >> reporter: it was a big embarrassment for north korea. they have invited world reporters to witness the launch, but we found out after it took off and obviously after it failed. the three-stage rocket was supposed to fly south towards the eastern sea of the philippines, but the stages did not even separate. instead it exploded into 20 pieces soon after takeoff and fell all over the west sea just 100 mile...

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Obviously a provocative act, but the president believes that its not too late for iran to do the right thing, come to the table with the international community and live up to its international obligations. >> bret: well, iran today blasted a research rocket into space. that rocket contained a mouse, two turtles and a can of worms. but it was really the duel use prospect of this that raised some eyebrows in the intelligence community here in the u.s. what about iran and where we are and where we...