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Legalizing anybody to that border secure. there are places, weve got to have a wall, weve got to secure it, and once that is done, well talk about that. >> tucker: you are a lonely voice, unfortunately, on the hill.e >> there are many good people that feel that way. in fact,uc tucker, we were ableo stop bush from getting a bill to get that secured. then obama -- >> tucker: republicans are in charge right now. i >> they did a bill, we stop that. >> tucker: now theyre in charge. weve got a fox new...

>> i would support increase economic sanctions. conflicting responses, im talking about the difference between economic sanctions and administration officials talking about a massive military response. the problem is, i serve on active duty in the air force and i was under u.s. pacific command in guam and no military options for the united states. thats why we need to pursue diplomacy and economic sanctions and really no good military options. >> there is discussion in the white house of pulling...

From u.s. pacific command and south korea defense ministry, the bombing raid simulated strikes against the north core facilities. the b-1 jets were flown from anderson air force base in guam, which north koreas leader has threatened to strike calling it a forward invasion base. 106,000 u.s. citizens live in guam. the f35 king from a u.s. base in japan. "north koreas actions are a threat to our allies, partners, and homeland and their destabilizing actions will be met accordingly." that according...

B-1 bombers flew over south korea again in a very public show of force. the u.s., and knees, and south korean warplanes conducted exercises just days after north korea launched a missile. this time, that missile flew over japan. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. they launch a missile, we have one of these flights. >> its definitely a dangerous game of cat and mouse. the pentagon usually says these exercises are preplanned, but today, the u.s. pacific command said the drill and eastern south...

Called to the pentagon to get the latest intelligence. right now u.s. pacific command and others are trying to gather the data on this missile launch. they will be communicating back to the white house. the white house will want to wait, of course, until they have that information because there will be a lot of decisions based on this. from those ive spoken to hear the pentagon, this missile never posed a threat to any of the continental u.s. or hawaii or alaska. however, this kind of range miss...

To the american people in a way that makes it clear why he made that decision. thats what we can expect from the president, is transparency in the nature of how and why he makes these choices. but there are some things that we absolutely expect, basic things like the wall, jobs, the economy, and already we have a foreign policy that places america in a much stronger, better position so that were not everybodys door mat. lawyer lauer and on those moments -- laura: and on those moments we will con...

>> well, i do think that they were probably timed precisely because of the exercises you were referring to, the joint exercises that we run with south korea are quite large. they go on for about two weeks. they involve more than 50,000 south korean troops, probably about 17,000 of ours. and i suspect that kim jong un decided that he was going to at least demonstrate something in response to that. what is interesting is that he chose to fire short-range ballistic missiles and not the longer-range...

First of pacific command, u.s. pacific command is saying two of those three missiles actually failed in flight. the third one blew out very soon after launch. that was later revised to say that two missiles actually traveled about 250 kilometers. now, at this stage, we dent know exactly what type of missiles they were. what north korea was trying to achieve. because they landed so close to the korean peninsula, it was not seen as a major issue for japan, for example, where i am. it was because i...

The first and third missiles actually flew about 155 miles in a northeastern direction. initially, u.s. officials said north korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately, and the other two failed in flight. the latter description resulting in todays update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south koreas assessment. the launches are the first since the united natio...

Officials say that report is wrong. the u.s. pacific command says the first and third missiles actually flew about 155 miles in a north eastern direction. initially, u.s. officials said north korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately, and the other two failed in flight. the latter description resulting in todays update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south k...