the united states it's within striking distance. this comes a day after the kim jong-un regime successfully tested a mid-range ballistic missile which could theoretically carry nuclear warhead. joining me to talk about this is the former director of the cia and nsa in the george w. bush administration, retired four-star general michael hayden. appreciate you being here. >> thanks, jake. >> do you buy that this test means in the near future the north koreans will be able to hit the united states and regardless what should president trump be doing about this escalation? >> it depends on your definition of near. they have proven something in the last 48 hours, a real step function. if that thing had been suppressed, had gone other a normal trajectory, it goes out 2,800 miles, it can reach guam, but it's not intercontinental yet, and so the north koreans are -- here's the word i would use, jake. they are inexorably moving in the direction of a missile that can hit the pacific northwest of the united states with one of their own indigenously produced nuclear weapons. i actually think that is