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There. give them range, lets say they worked out the thrust enough. well put a green light on that, maybe they have the power to get there. but the next question is about accura accuracy. can they get it back into the atmosphere without tearing apart and deliver a war head to a target, do they have that mechanical fic mechanism, and do they have the range. we learned something about the nuclear war head and miniaturizing it, we had that in red just a few weeks ago. because we didnt they they wer...

Miniaturized nuclear warheads that they can put on the missiles. what theyre missing now is reentry. the ability to get their war head back through the atmosphere safely. they seem to be c rnlably further along than people thought even six months ago. >> bret: here is the national security advisor mcmaster. general mcmaster talking about the threat over the weekend. >> the president has been very clear about it he says he is not going to tolerate north korea being able to threaten the united sta...

We handle everything. >> best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury, like the world has never seen. >> bret: well the evolution of president trump talking about the threat from north korea. now that threat another step closer to confrontation some sort. "the washington post" reporting today north korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear war head that can fit inside its missiles. crossing key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fled...

High stakes saber-rattling as they threaten ab attack on u.s. territory and president trump warning of fire and fury. pyongyang with a major escalation warning of a preemptive retaliatory operation of justice. >> in a statement the north korean military threatens to strike the u.s. island of guam and it specifically mentions anderson air force base on guam. thats home to two american bombers that flew over the korean peninsula this week prompting the latest north korean rhetoric. >> the north ko...

Head, that make this is more dangerous. why are we so concerned at this point? >> lock, as youen point out here, north korea typically makes belligerent and bellicose pronouncements, these widespread threats that are meant to inspire fear around the world and right here in south korea. a lot of times theres minimal reaction because they are so used to hearing the constant threats being repeated from the north. what makes this different? you have to look at a the content of what weve been seeing ...

They have rapidly developed their missile and nuclear program test launching two icbm z and the latest piece of intelligence seeming to suggest they could have miniaturized a war head that could be mounted to an icbm. they would have to e get the reindustry part right. but certain ly it does raise th security concerns. officials in the region are reacting, but they are focusing on pyongyang. they are condemning pyongyang for issuing threats, raising the tension level. interestingly, we have not ...

Ten years earlier ahead of the iraq war, they were wrong about north korea miniaturizing the nukes thing ten years later, 2013. and not long thereafter the head of the dia, mike flynn sfoufoun himself on 0 his ear. now its 2017 and the "washington post" just published what looks like basically a carbon copy of that screwed up store trifrom mike flynns agency four years ago citing a new analysis completed last month by the defense intelligence agency. reporting that dias confidential assessment i...

We dont know if they have the capacity with any of their missile to survive reentry from the upper atmosphere, the height that an icbm reaches during its fight. if they can build that missile and shrink the war head to fit it on to a missile like that, we dont know if they can do all of those things at once. you can get granular. the threat that the united states is worried about would require them to do a whole buchblg of things that we dont know if they can do. to shrink the nuclear war head, ...

Happening in los angeles and san francisco and portland because they believe that in turn would give kim jong un more confidence that he is actually rattling the united states. >> harris: you know, its interesting. because there are two schools of thought on that, trace. that is if you let the monster on the other side know that you can hunt it, maybe it would change its ways. i guess it plays either way. we will have to see. thank you very much. >> yes, sure. >> harris: what could be a game cha...

Lucas? >> well, jon, pentagon officials are refusing to comment on this dia report. but officials have long been concerned about north koreas ability to miniaturize a war head. in fact, in october 2015, a top u.s. military general said that north korea does possess this capability. but its noteworthy, jon, including with last months intercontinental ballistic missile test north korea has never demonstrated this ability. it also has not fully tested the ability to hit a target. it has also not de...