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More overnight about north korea and their firing of two unidentified projectiles off of their coast. the u.s. and south korea just ending those military drills that the north koreans have been so upset about over the past couple of years. mark meredith with this. hi, mark. >> reporter: hey, leland, good afternoon. a lot going on. japanese and south korean officials are calling on north korea to stop these missile tests. officials believe north korea has fired at least seven short-range missiles...

>> im going to see prime minister abe. look forward to it. hes a great gentleman and friend of mine. >> were going to see what happens. president moon also a good friend of mine. well see what happens with south korea. >> no, i dont think so. we have a very good relationship. well see what happens. that can always change. kim jong-un has been pretty straight with me, i think. and were going to see whats going on. were going to see whats happening. he like testing missiles but we never restricted...

>> [ indiscernible question ] >> were going to see what happens. president moon also a good friend of mine. well see what happens with south korea. >> [ indiscernible question ] >> no, i dont think so. we have a very good relationship. well see what happens. that can always change. kim jong-un has been pretty straight with me, i think. and were going to see whats going on. were going to see whats happening. he like testing missiles but we never restricted short-range missiles. well see what happ...

Berman, come to your own conclusions about whether there are james bond analogies to be made here. you wouldnt be the only one if you thought about that. >> no, but theres a lot were not being told here, and the people in russia are not being told as well with these tests. another development overnight, barbara, as well, russia is accusing the united states of escalating military tensions when it comes to missile activity, correct? >> they are indeed, and this now is because of a test that the u...

Look at the jussie smollett case and decide whats to be done. we are going back to square one on the people versus jussie smollett. >> hes holding up coming is very resilient the young man. hes been through a lot but he has tremendous support, and those who know him know he was not involved. they just continued to stand by him. >> harris, this afternoon the city of chicago is suing jussie smollett for hundreds of dollars in damages and the fbi is reporting him for a death threat letter that chic...

Weak and not really fully empowered. >> the negotiator youre talking about is experienced, but john bolton as national security advisor wasnt at the dmz when the president had this spur of the moment meeting with kim and stepped over symbolically into north korea. so he has been by all accounts hostile to the process and isnt fully engaged. at the same time, theyve confirmed that we had a national security official meeting a north korean official last week presenting souvenirs, pictures from tha...

Officials say that tehran did test fire a medium-range missile last week, and it comes as president trumps point man in the middle east, jason greenblatt, tells me that the region is now the threat from iran. lets bring in jonathan back tell, spokesperson at the united nations for ambassador nikki nii haley. you know, jonathan, its called the air 3 system. were told it successfully blew a ballistic target out of the atmosphere, so why is this protection and new defense so significant? >> its sig...

Missile program and is determined to maintain a robust missile capability. how do you read this? >> the reaction has been overrated. iran ever stopped testing missiles after the july 2015 attempt. and the agreement was agreed to in 2015. this is a fairly unsophisticated, inaccurate missile. i dont think it indicates iran, not a plea for negotiations, an act of defiance. i dont think we should read too much into it. shannon: the other signatories were out obviously, and to talk -- released from t...

Now support and impeachment inquiry in order to get the truth for my constituents." 100 house members are publicly onboard. pelosi is trying to hold them off for now. >> we will proceed when we have what we need to proceed. not one day sooner. >> but more and more of her members want it now and it only gets worse when they are pressured by their constituents at home at home. >> bret: mike emanuel after a busy week, thank you. breaking tonight, a new assessment of how many nuclear weapons in nort...

Tonight veteran diplomats are saying trump could have embol n emboldened kim to launch the missiles. when they fired off missiles in may, the president said he wasnt bothered by it even though it violated u.n. resolutions. >> they undercut his own national security adviser when he said he didnt regard the tests as a violation. they may have regarded this as having given them carte blanche to proceed with additional tests. >> we got word from the north korean agency kim jong-un personally supervi...