they've also suggested it was a scud extended range missile and one white house official telling jim acosta that it only flew for about 55 seconds before bursting into flames and failing miserably. we'll try to figure that out in the hours to come from the experts. the important thing is the timing here, brooke. it's that a missile was launched in violation of many united nation security council resolutions. the last missile launch took place in february when president trump was meeting with the japanese prime minister in mar-a-lago. this launch is on the eve of the first ever meeting between president trump and the chinese lead leader xi jinping and a lot of people are saying it's a provocation against both of those leaders, brooke. >> how can it not be. ivan watson, thank you so much from seoul. let me bring in general hertling.