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welcome back to the cnn newsroom. im jim acosta in washington. we begin with joe biden heading off to poland tomorrow. he will deliver a message of solidarity just a few days ahead of the one-year anniversary of russias full-blown invasion of ukraine. he will reaffirm support for that country. this comes on the heels of the munich security conference where the u.s. staked out some hard-nosed positions, accusing russia of war crimes and warning china not to give russia lethal aid. we sa...

Joining us from seoul. paula, what are you learning? >> reporter: at this point, were waiting to hear exactly what kind of missiles they were, but three have been launched. japans coast guard warning vessels in the area to be careful and not to approach any debris. this comes after a very busy weekend on the korean peninsula. on saturday morning, north korea fired a long-range missile which, on sunday morning, it admitted was an icbm, an enter kcontinent al ballistic missile that can hit the uni...

Sean join me now. congressman jason chaffetz seems to indicate there is a conspiratorial piece to this that it took 38 minutes to say no this was a mistake. >> i dont believe there is a conspiracy here. but i will say this. it might be a good time to get some tickets to hawaii, judge, what do you say? judge jeanine: come on, chris, be serious. >> well have to find out. the fcc said they will investigate. but thank god date looks like a false alarm. we dont know. but imagine this, north korea by ...

Sean join me now. congressman jason chaffetz seems to indicate there is a conspiratorial piece to this that it took 38 minutes to say no this was a mistake. >> i dont believe there is a conspiracy here. but i will say this. it might be a good time to get some tickets to hawaii, judge, what do you say? judge jeanine: come on, chris, be serious. >> well have to find out. the fcc said they will investigate. but thank god date looks like a false alarm. we dont know. but imagine this, north korea by ...

Sean join me now. congressman jason chaffetz seems to indicate there is a conspiratorial piece to this that it took 38 minutes to say no this was a mistake. >> i dont believe there is a conspiracy here. but i will say this. it might be a good time to get some tickets to hawaii, judge, what do you say? judge jeanine: come on, chris, be serious. >> well have to find out. the fcc said they will investigate. but thank god date looks like a false alarm. we dont know. but imagine this, north korea by ...

The region and indeed the world be with this news? >> well, certainly they are concerned that the fact that just a week ago it was described as the most successful missile that north korea has ever launched. so, certainly, that was a very big call from certain analyst. they were saying its significant it shows theyre working on the reentry technology. this technology that they absolutely have to nail that before they can have an aim. and certainly, last week and this week shows they have some ca...

Overnight. i think theres a lot of bluster going on on both sides in this debate. theyre a long way from the deliverable icbm with a nuclear war head. we have time to build up our ballistic missile defense, to build a wall around north korea with our allies, to pressure the north korean leadership, you know, to change their ways. we have time to do this. this is not the time to panic about this. >> all right. everyone keeps saying we dont have to worry about this because theyre so far offer. but...

>> this test isnt important. its north koreas version of identification. north korea will get good fluff for ballistic missile technology. it will marry it with the nuclear weapons that they have. if anyone -- >> right now they have the missile. the next thing is to be able to take the nuclear weapon, which they have and put it on the missile. >> right. with the reentry technology and have the missile at significant range. the general estimate is they are a couple of years away. if anyone wanted...

Welcome back to "the lead." our world lead now. north korean leader kim jong un celebrated his 33rd birthday the only way he could, threatening to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that theoretically might be able to reach the continental united states anytime, any place. the pentagon said they would shoot down any missile and activated the missile defense systems active in korea. lets bring in paul hanocks. is north koreas icbm program even complete? >> jake, no one here in south kor...

>> a new warning tonight about north koreas missile program. south korean defense officials saying the norths new missiles can now reach the u.s. mainlands, comes from evidence they recovered after the banned missile test that happened earlier this month. but they say theyre still not sure if north korea has mastered reentry technology which would be necessary for any inter-continental ballistic missile to hit an actual target. south korean officials also say theyve found evidence the launch was...