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Jong-un sending a thanksgiving message to president trump launching two projectiles overnight. the launches part of an uptick in weapons testing, increasing tensions on the peninsula and complicating the relationship between north korea and the united states. cnns analyst rear admiral john kirby is here. is there significance behind the timing of the launch? >> you hit it there in the intro. did it on thanksgiving holiday. not unlike them to signal displeasure with the state of the u.s./north ko...

>> reporter: amid increased regional tension with iran, analysts worry a larger conflict could erupt any day. we did speak with both of the iranian-backed groups in gazaed today, hamas and islamicyed that. they say they appreciate the support from iran but they are not willing to blindly accept orders from iran. jon: trey yingst, thank you. the u.s. is actively trying to persuade north korea to come back to the bargaining table as the norths end of year deadline approaches for what it calls flex...

>> reporter: the president has made it so clear over and over -- remember theres been eight different tests. this has been happening quite a lot. each time the president has shrugged them off, a remarkably cavalier attitude. thats partly because these arent nuclear tests, arent intercontinental ballistic missiles, which means the weapon theyre testing wont put the u.s. within range. it does violate united nations rules about weapons testing and puts japan and south korea well within range of the...

Attempts to prevent us from finding the facts is further evidence of obstruction of justice. in america no one is above the law. the president will be held accountable. now to this. north korea has launched another missile, firing what is believed to be the third missile launch in the past eight days. president trump downplaying this, the sudden escalation in the missile tests, firing off tweets dismissing the launches, writing, these missile tests are not a violation of our signed singapore a...

About having felt it. >> and when you hear now 6.4, put it in perspective for us. >> yeah, that is a good-sized earthquake, as youve heard. its close to the 1994 north ridge earthquake and what makes all the difference is north ridge was in the middle of a city where this was in a fairly remote area. the closest good-sized town isnt ridge crest, which my family has lived in that area since 1946. its remote. it was started as a navy base for weapons testing, but its a good-sized town, as you hear...

He gets it well. >> im joined now here in tokyo with annie carney of the new york times, sumi terry is joining us back home on the east let coast. let me start with you, when you listen to what the president had to say to prime minister abe, and i know the folks in the united states are just waking up to this, but the idea that president trump would say that north koreas weapons testing is not a violation of u.n. security council resolutions, what kind of message do you think it sends not just t...

Ity store is here. and its simple, easy, awesome. welcome to "inside politics." im john king. thank you for sharing this busy news day with us. hate and terror in new zealand. nearly 50 dead, dozens more wounded by gunfire that interrupted friday prayer at two mosques. plus, president trump ready to issue the first vite-off of his presidency after a dozen republicans broke from the white house and rejected his declaration of an emergency at the southern border. and north korea says it may end ...

Program. president trump tweeted this morning, received message last night from xi jinping from china that his meeting with kim jong-un went well. hes looking forward to meeting with me. right now, maximum sanctions and pressure must be maintained at all costs. no sitting president has ever met with a north korean leader. were going to rich edson now with more. >> this is kim jong-uns first meeting with a foreign leader that we know about since he took control of north korea back in 2011. china ...

This is a really big one. most of the news is coming from the south korean delegation, still hearing nothing from the north, cyril. in fact, the latest was a strong criticism of the u.s. implying extra sanctions in the local newspapers in north korea. at the moment, there is confusion around exactly what kim is offering. it was made clear by the south koreans, he wants to talk about denuclearization and freeze his missile and weapons testing. it wasnt that he would take concrete steps to denucle...

Again, im less worried about a boat from the blue from north korea. thats not on the top of my list. there is a possibility the u.s. may choose to use force, but, again, as i mentioned before, i really am worried about the ability or lack of it of these two countries to manage an incident. you think about something like the cuban missile crisis and what a close run thing that was. do we really think this administration and this north korean government, which arent talking directly, would have th...