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Policy decision, likely a policy memo, presented to the president on just what his options are. one other quick thing we should note is they have achieved re-entry with an intercontinental ballistic missile. they have an cheefd maneuverable re-entry. theres a distinction between controlled re-entry and maneuverable re-entry. when they have maneuverable re-entry, that means theyll be able to pinpoint an icbm. and we know rangewise or we think rangewise intelligence officials think that most of th...

Communitys report on russian interference in the election, when, you know, everybody else in the intelligence community does and was unanimous judgment of the cia, the fbi, then i think youve got a difficult road as the director of the cia, the director of national intelligence. >> one quick question. we both have seen reports not yet verified by nbc that north korea made another leap in having a miniaturized nuclear weapon, still a long way to go before it can be put on a missile, re-entry and ...

To miniaturize a nuclear warhead, means they could put a weapon on the top of a missile, whether they could get it up and have re-entry is another whole question. thats a bigger challenge. ken delany is a national security reporter for the nbc investigative unit. what is your reporting telling you? >> you said it very well there. a u.s. official is confirming to nbc news the gist of what the washington post just reported, which is that u.s. intelligence officials now assess the north korea figur...

There are pieces and parts. still, their guidance, their control, their re-entry, the real sophistication of being able to launch a missile and target thousands of miles away. but make no mistake. if at this hour all of this is correct, that they have a miniaturized nuclear warhead that they can put inside a missile, it is hard to see where the trump administration goes from here at this point, because the president has long said, as every president before him, they would not allow north korea t...

Re-entry. but they dont have a great degree of accuracy until they get fins on the tips of those missiles and then crucially get them working because theres a whole different set of -- if you see them on the way up, but whether or not they survive re-entry on the way down, thats another thing that officials are very keen to know about. >> hans, thanks very much for giving us a breakdown on that. may need you a little bit later, though. hans nichols on the phone for us. lets go to keir simmons in...

Intercontinental ballistic missiles? >> assuming everything is true, including that intelligence assessment both existing and everything being accurate, there are still important unknowns. its been discussed so far on your program recently about the ability for that nuclear warhead to survive the re-entry from the upper atmosphere. that is, it would be great to know that as well. for those listening, i mean, this development, this news, is something that you can be concerned about. it increases ...

Construct a nuclear weapon small enough to fit not only on a missile but an intercontinental ballistic missile that potentially could strike the united states. this comes on the heels of a test last month of such a missile that analysts said had it been shot in a different way could have hit mainland united states. what this doesnt mean, ali is the north koreans have perfected a nuclear capability on an icbm because theres another technological 4urdll they may have not achieved which is successf...

And its gone live in the sense that sooner or later the north koreans will perfect their ballistic weapons technology and figure out a way to fix the problem of re-entry and this is the greatest presumably existential threat to the united states. its literally the problem from hell. and you know, if sanctions alone could do this id join the marching band. i really would. and nikki haley delivered a very compelling tougher -- based on a set of sticks but i dont believe that sanctions have proven ...

Thank you. and the united states is conducting a intercontinental ballistic missile from vandenberg air force base in california overnight. its the fourth icbm launch from that statement this year. in a statement, the global strike command said the test is meant to, quote, validate, the effectiveness and readiness of the weapons system. it comes after the u.s. conducted their second test launch of the icbm last friday. the accuracy is in doubt. and does not believe that pyongyang has the techn...

>> earlier this week the washington reported that there is a new defense intelligence agency assessment that moved it up to 2018. before it had been 20 tent. a lot of that is based on the fact that this july 4th test, the one that they did earlier this month was so successful. its the first time they shot a two-stage rocket, threw it up above the atmosphere. it came down. it didnt disintegrate. one thing they dont know is if theyve miniature iced a nuclear weapon to put it on top of one of these...