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That happening recently with regards to north korea. so whatever the kim jong-un is up to wbt pentagon is listening. >> barbara, the commandener north korea cancelled a trip to washington. what does this say about the u.s. readiness for impending launch? >> you know, general thurman, james thurman, decided that he needed to stay in south korea because of the rising tensions. the u.s. military says its ready for any test launch other countries in the region as well. they put missile defense in pl...

U.s. canceling the launch of a icbm, the test launch of the minuteman three missile. at the same time the opposition -- the main opposition party, is calling for the president to appoint a special envoy, perhaps bill clinton, hillary clinton, perhaps jimmy carter. theyre thinking something should be done. but thats the opposition. >> thank you, jim clancy in seoul. thank you very much. we are just getting word the top u.s. commander in south korea has cancelled a planned trip to washington due t...

Also, i dont believe these missiles have been fired before. so, i think most analysts believe this is, indeed, a test launch. and it may be the sort of crescendo the north koreas are looking for as they get through april and as the u.s., south korean exercise comes to an end. >> how advanced are the north korean missnlz its been showing off its weapons, but some of these are outdated, not very sophisticated. are they up to a 21st century fight? >> well, these missiles, we believe, are based on a...

Christopher hill and former adviser to president obama on nuclear issues and asked ambassador hill why the u.s. describes the launch as just a tes test. >> certainly the movements weve seen, type of vehicles, et cetera, are consistent with the test launch. also, i dont believe these missiles have ever been fired before. i think most analysts believe this is, indeed, a test launch. and it may be the sort of crescendo the north koreans are looking for as they get through april and as the u.s., sou...

In recent weeks, clearly getting a little tired of the north koreans and i think thats why its been important for the u.s. to keep our own rhetoric at a lower level and try to work with the chinese and ways that china can be helpful in bringing the north koreans back from the brink. i doubt were going to be able to get any nuclear talks started any time soon but at least we can kind of get through this crisis with the last few weeks. >> mr. cirincione is it your perception this has more to do wi...

The u.s. pushed the peninsula to the brink of war, they moved two missile launchers to the east coast. in response, south korea sent a couple of destroyers to guard the coast. joining me is former u.s. ambassador to south korea and lead negotiator on north carolina christopher hill, and joseph sorencioni, former adviser to president obama on nuclear issues. ambassador hill its believed any launch would be a test launch and not a targeted strike. why is that. >> well certainly the movements weve ...

From the west and thats one of the strategies that got us to this point. the ability to get hard currency to that regime has allowed it to pay for its missile program, and its very expensive program to develop a nuclear weapon. at this point, i think we should rethink our strategy, that weve had since 1994. because it hasnt worked for us. during those intervening years, its only allowed the north to develop nuclear capability. we should instead be thinking right now about how we could cut off th...

Korea and the united states, and the united states has responded in a very cool fashion. very strong. showing kim jong-un that we are the superior military power, but not trying to rise to these provocations and trying, actually, to decrease the level of rhetoric. i think thats the right move by washington. >> lets talk a little bit about the provocations, as you say, at least from the north korean side, new details this morning about these two missiles and what we know are missile components an...

These missiles could strike south korea, japan, and u.s. air bases in guam. jim clancy live in seoul, south korea. jim, whats the latest? >> well, were ratcheting up the pressure once again. north korea, apparently according to the russians, telling them they might want to evacuate some of their embassy staff, if not all of them. were understanding this is a message that may have been given to other embassies as well. russians are going public with that. you noted they havent made a decision to ...

About this missile, and what is the pentagon saying about this threat? >> well, the concern, don, basically is that if they did this test off the east coast, that it could go over japan, which would be very threatening to the u.s. ally in japan, and you would wonder what sort of response could be needed out after that. but this missile, they have seen indications over the last few days that the north has been moving missile components, a missile launch system to that east coast in preparation fo...