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Capable. >> freeze north koreas arsenal and return some steps that the -- >> freeze their arsenal and further development. the only thing they havent mastered is the re-entry for their missiles. >> the entire foreign policy establishment has to walk back from the declared goal which is the total denuclear rye zags. at one level hes very flexible but at another level for him to walk back and to, you know, make a concession seems not in his character. >> there would be a way to say that denuke rye...

Probably, the assessment is cant quite do that, but you have to plan for that possibility and so i think its fair to say when the pentagon, when the cia looks at this they go into 2018 the same way they came out of 2017, believing his threats are real, providing options to the president, but here at the pentagon, what defense secretary mattis will tell you, diplomacy, still front and center. diplomacy backed up by economic pressure. they still believe there is room for that to work. brianna? >> ...

Korea, our reporter. kelly cobiella, how is this being received by folk theres? >> reporter: they were largely expecting kim jong-un to come out and say my country is now nuclear capable. whether or not you believe that claim is another matter. south korean military officials doubt whether or not the north koreans actually have the capability of ensuring that nuclear warhead will survive the entire flight of a long-range missile. survive the re-entry into the atmosphere, but some experts say the...

At the same time, he sounded more conciliatory toward south korea. a willingness to lower tensions and open up negotiations. for more, im joined by kelly cobiella from seoul, south korea. the reality, not a threat. it is obviously still a threat from the north korea leader, when he talks about the nuclear button being on his desk, no? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. this is something, of course, were used to by now, id say. the north koreans issuing threats to the u.s. but this one is a pretty se...

The united states. >> and barbara, on that point, one of the questions about how successful they have become in this missile program, is the ability for re-entry to the earths atmosphere after the test shots are fired and weve now learned that a crew on board this commercial airline believed that they saw the ballistic missile re-entering, is that correct? >> yeah. a crew from a cafe pacific aircraft flying in the region, reported and reported to aviation authorities in the region, that they bel...

Is helping the north koreans with their missile program. in the past parts have been recovered with russian, chinese and iranian markings on them. >> very intriguing indeed. theres new information tonight, brian, that a civilian aircraft came close enough to that north korean intercontinental ballistic missile last week to even see it. >> officials at the hong kong based airline cafe pacific tell cnn the crew of one of their passenger planes actually spotted the attempted re-entry of that north ...

That there was successful re-entry. look, debris fell to the earth and we believe probably the crew saw some of that. but could the missile really survive the pressure and heat of re-entry? the initial indications are it did not. now they will be looking at that very closely because its so important, re-entry means you can get a missile to a target. thats the big worry when it comes to north korea, of course. >> barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you for that reporting this morning. ahead fo...

Sanctions. >> the words come as jetts are arriving in south korea. north korea said conducting the drills are pushing the touch and go to a flair up. >> new information, north koreas latest missile likely broke up upon re-entry into the earths atmosphere. barbara starr has details. >> a u.s. official tells cnn the missile that was launched that flew higher and langer than any missile in the past, blew up upon re-entry. it could not with stand the re-entry of the atmosphere. that means north kore...

>> appreciate that. president talked about kate steinle repeatedly on the campaign trail. august 2016. >> in my first day of office im also going to ask congress to pass kates law, named for kate steinle. to insure that criminal aliens convicted of illegal re-entry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences. strong. and then we get them out. >> lets go to the white house and sara murray. any reaction so far? >> reporter: weve asked for a statement to see the presidents reaction. as you pointed o...

Convicted of illegal re-entry receive strong mandatory minimum sentences. strong. and then we get them out. >> lets go to the white house and sara murray. any reaction so far? >> reporter: weve asked for a statement to see the presidents reaction. as you pointed out, talked about it numerous times in the campaign. havent heard from him but attorney general jeff sessions put out a statement. im going to read a portion of it. when jurisdictions choose to return criminal aliens to the state rather ...