We are just hours away from a dramatic test. The pentagon for the first time ill try to take out of the sky the kind of longrange muscle north korea is believed to be developing. This after the rogue nation testfired a Short Range Ballistic Missile on monday. The latest in a series of missile tests to try to find world pressure and threats of war sanctions. North koreas leader kim jongun who supervised the lunch warning of a bigger gift package to the u. S. James mattis warning of dire and unimaginable consequences of war break out. Conflict in north korea would be the worst kind of fighting and most peoples lifetimes. The north korean regime has hundreds of artillery cannons and rocket launchers within range of one of the most densely populated cities and on earth which is the capital of south korea. The bottom line is it would be a catastrophic war if this turns into combat. Sandra Jonathan Hunt is live. They are preparing for the launchers is due to take place sometime between noon and 4 caller fourteen north korea has launched these muscles and in recent months. Officials believe that the north koreans are getting closer and closer to the point of which they will be able to target the United States with a nuclear tipped intercontinental Ballistic Missile. Among those who say this is just a matter of time are admiral james searing. He is director of the Missile Defense agency and he sat through a rare and exquisite interview with us. Listen here. Its a matter of time. There are demonstrating increased capability range, altitude and capacity over the last several years and more recently over the last several months. What will happen today is the u. S. Will launch an intercontinental Ballistic Missile from the Marshall Islands and the Pacific Ocean, a few minutes after that, they will launch the interceptor missile from here at Vandenberg Air force base. They hope that that interceptor in the proximally 5foot chunk of metal will strike the icbm high above the Pacific Ocean and destroy it. Most of the interceptors that the u. S. House, 32 of them in fact are based at fort greely alaska. We got an exclusive tour of the facility ahead of this launch and we talked to colonel tim brower who commands the 49th battalion up there. He says that his men are prepared to go to work at any minute. They seem like the kind of attacks north korea might carry out every day and he is confident he could do it it takes to defend the homeland. Listen here. Absolutely. We take the threat seriously, especially the north korean threat. When we hear the world watching the news and seeing north korea prepare for a test, you guys are at very different levels. Absolutely. We are ready to fight tonight. Ready to fight tonight. It is important to point out that north korea doesnt yet have an icbm capable of reaching the United States, but all officials tell us they believe that they will have that capability within a few short years. This test today is an absolutely critical one for the future defense of the United States. Sandra Jonathan Hunt, thank you. Guy, like trying to hit a bullet with a bullet is the description of this amazing task that we are undertaking. Guy the technology is incredible. This goes back to the 80s under ronald reagan. A lot of people said this technology would never advance to the point read be successful. They dubbed it star wars and here we are, its a really important tool in the arsenal the United States to defend the homeland and our interests. I would point out that we know our allies in israel have the iron dome which does this on a smaller scale, defending against rockets and that system can take on multiple rockets of the same time. But again, such a longrange task here. The trajectories are to be calibrated exactly right and well keep our eye on whether the succeeds. Hopefullit does. Sandra the threat north korea continues to pose. What keeps you up at night . Nothing, i keep people up at night. It gives us the confidence that we can fight this battle, but he says combat one north korea would be catastrophic. Kennedy et al. s arguments that we have in this country during world war ii. A war with north korea will be more traditional than the ones weve seen our military fight over the last 16 years. Theyve been more dispersed and this would be more concentrated which means you have much, much higher casualties and youve also got a regime that doesnt seem to have much concern for its own people. The death toll in north korea alone would be so catastrophic and so high they would also show why general matas has that confidence of the military because he is a thoughtful and rational person who seems to understand and articulate quite well the cost of war. Harris i did some reading this morning when we did something similar under kim jong il. The commander said at that point, our nations ability, we have a very, very credible Ballistic Missile capability. There are faced with doing some of the same things that were doing right now. You mentioned it when all the way back to reagan and now we are seeing that again. It speaks to the edges of the policies that have been put in place that we keep finding ourselves right back on the same position. Sandra as you continue to point out, of a talk about how to handle this threat, its complicated. Meghan its important to note two things. Kim jongun is completely irrational. Hes a crazy person. It is not like dealing with bashar all as odd or even putin. Its still domestic north korea has the capacity to take solo. Its not just whether or not theyre going to have military progress towards the United States. Youre talking about the possibility of south korea as well. You know i love doug mattis. He says i dont stay up at night, i keep terrorists up at night. When that guy is telling you this could have catastrophic ramifications, we should all take a pause. I think this day was long time coming. Its been building up over the last eight years and we shouldnt be surprised. Sandra President Trump calling the latest launch a major dennis to china. He is tweeting north korea has shown great disrespect for their neighbor, china by shooting off another Ballistic Missile. But china is trying hard. China is north koreas most important ally in trading partner. President trump has said the country has a plan to pressure the rogue nation to end its programs. President trump saying that china has shown Great Respect north korea has shown Great Respect to china. Guy im not sure how much diplomacy by twitters going to work out, but the overall dynamic is correct. Pyongyang will listen to beijing more than washington. This is a public effort by the president to apply pressure to china to say this is in your backyard, these people have your ear or vice versa and its time for you guys to step it up because i could impact not just a regional security, but your relationship with us. Meghan we have to start getting tough with china. China has the capability to complete a shutdown north koreas economy. We have to get really tough with that. When President Trump is tweeting that north korea has been disrespect will to china, i dont understand what hes referring to in the sense that if we are all on the same page, wouldnt they be more emboldened to help shutdown north koreas economy . Harris its interesting about how different President Trump operates in the sense compared with past president s. His brand, his flavor of diplomacy is to try and engender a deal at all times. How do you do that . You point out who has skin in the game and then you make it feel warm and fuzzy for a buddy to get in the pool together. What i see him doing, by calling and shaming china, did you see what they just dead . Dont you feel icky . Theyre your friends, are they really . By viewing that, youre getting a root at the table kennedy its a form of psychological manipulation. I think its why President Trump is President Trump. Its exploiting peoples weaknesses on both sides. Thats what hes doing by stroking china a little bit and saying they have been trying so hard and north korea is being so unkind and so disrespectful and perhaps speaking in cultural terms that north korea and china understand a little bit better than we do here. Guy can you believe what she said about you, that she is disrespecting. Theres a little mean girls element to it. Harris sanctions do seem to work. Weve heard from the previous eight years about rattling. Meghan the bush and clinton administrations did tha that. Sandra bottom line is everyone is trying to determine what role china is going to play in all of this. Meghan there the biggest trading partner and most important ally. Maybe the psychological mean girl aspect of diplomacy, its not my style by a long shot, but china has most of the aces in their back pocket and they have the ability to shut their economy down. They should come to the table and play. Harris i want to know more thats part of the puzzle and maybe well learn. Kennedy and crating the Unlikely Partnership between china and japan and having north korea baby shared photo. His sandra President Trump standing by his soninlaw Jared Kushner. Charles krauthammer says both Henry Kissinger and Hillary Clinton used similar methods to connect with adversaries while in office. Is the media once again over blowing a nonstory . Plus, a new lien tenses new law in texas. Protesters are bowing to fight the legislation in federal court and at the ballot box. Whether its a sign of things to come. After the show, you can join our live chat by clicking the overtime tab at foxnews. Com outnumbered. Of course, you can tweet us. Guy is already on his twitter. Fun in art class. Come close, come close. I like that. [ music stops suddenly ] ah. When your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops. Awww. Try this. For minor arthritis pain, only aleve can stop pain for up to 12 straight hours with just one pill. Thank you. Come on everybody. You cant quit, neither should your pain reliever. Stay all day strong with 12 hour aleve. Manaits a series of is nsmart choices. And when you replace one meal or snack a day with glucerna made with carbsteady to help minimize blood sugar spikes you can really feel it. Glucerna. Everyday progress. Lwhos the lucky lady . Im going to the bank, to discuss a mortgage. Ugh, see, you need a loan, you put on a suit, you go crawling to the bank. This is how i dress to get a mortgage. I just go to lendingtree. I calculate how much home i can afford. I get multiple offers to compare side by side. And the best part is. The banks come crawling to me. Everything you need to get a better mortgage. Clothing optional. Lendingtree, when banks compete, you win. Okay . Awkward. Harris President Trump is defending Jared Kushner in the aftermath of reports he tried to set up a private line of communication with russia. The president told the New York Times he has total confidence in his soninlaw. A source tells fox news it was the russians who brought up the idea of using a secure line, not Jared Kushner. Either way, Kellyanne Conway says these types of back channel connections are normal. Jared kushner has said that hes willing to go and share any information he has with congress. As you heard, they are not concerned. Back channels like this are a regular course of business. Harris Charles Krauthammer echoing that sentiment as well. Weve had the adversaries back channel for years. Harris john kelly said he cant affirm whether or not this is true with Jared Kushner setting something up, but he had no problem with it. Kennedy its like distracting certain facts from stories. Whats so frustrating is we want to know what the truth is in context of other administrations. If this is something totally unique that has never been done before and its so unprecedented and compromises our National Security, then thats an issue. Thats the problem when these leaks are disseminated with so much confidence by the person who gets one piece of information but doesnt have the historical knowledge of simile Charles Krauthammer. If this has happened across administrations, then that is a very fair and valid point. When this in ministries and has done something wrong, when they have broken a law, then its time to ring the bells, otherwise, it starts to fall on deaf ears and i can be dangerou dangerous. Harris i dont know that secretary kelly woodway and with i dont have a problem with it if there was actually a problem. Meghan the first thing i want to say is if this were a book i was reading, i would have tuned out a long time ago because there are so many things going on that you have to interpret that are going through the lens of the bias of the media. Its hard to understand what exactly is going on here. Theres so much talk about russia. Its a tornado all the way around. This is what the American Public wants to hear about. I would think they want to talk about domestic policies. If something illegal has happened, come right out, tell me what happened, tell me what Jared Kushner did. If it is illegal, stop playing the game. We talk about how serious leaks are. Am i five is not comfortable sharing the information that they know about the terrorists in england because we leaked it as soon as we got it. Its a real issue. Sandra its what if, its hypothetical. As Charles Krauthammer reiterated over and over again, show me the crime. If you go to the message, there is no crime. Secretary kelly is telling us, this is a regular course of business, ill believe him. Harris i ask this question i know you have thoughts on it. Theres been this idea underlining that there was something going on with the trump campaign. If thats true, i would ask why do you need to set up a back channel . Guy yeah, because you have one. Theoretically. Theres a couple points here on the kushner matter. I agree with megan. Its hard to keep the plot straight. There are so many side stories. Youd have to point out that kushner did not reveal one medium he had with the russian bank. That looks odd and does not seem disputed that in this case, kushner at some point decided to use a secure russian channel through their facilities. I think those are reasonable causes for people to ask additional questions. He said hes eager to testify and tell his side of the story and i think thats a good idea for him to do that. If you look at the leak and the counter league, Washington Post story initially said, they wanted this to happen, we dont know what they were talking about, the implication was of his business interests. In the pushback comes in its different. As the russians initiated. It was a oneoff meeting, a single meeting about syria. Those are two different sets of facts, one of which looks suspicious. Sandra dont bury that important detail that he has been saying since go that he is willing to testify and tell his side of the story. Kennedy you have to wonder where this leak came from, could that be within the white house because Jared Kushner has received so much favorability from the president. As someone trying to drive a wedge between those two . Harris to people just assume that because the soninlaw . Meghan its why i was saying they should be more careful with their rhetoric while they were campaigning. If you are faced here, theres a lot of rhetoric to back up Something Weird happening. Harris we are waiting sean spicer who will be taking the lectern for the First Time SincePresident Trumps overseas trip. This as we learn the white house medications director is out. Amid reports that president is looking for changes in its strategy. Protests erupting against texas new law cracking down on century cities. Its causing a scuffle between lawmakers literally. Whether this is a sign of things to come. You say things to incite people and thats exactly what i did. Meghan we are winning the White House Press briefing with sean spicer. This as we learn that mike dubke is out as White House Communications director. He told fox news he resigned more than a week hes in the white house today. The council to the president , Kellyanne Conway saying the staff of people is not happening. People and administrations tend to leave on their own of mission. They find working 18 hour days may not be whats best suited for them. In terms of staff shakeups, i read things that simply arent true. I work here every day. Its much more cooperative than people realize. Meghan this is the Washington Post reports at the white house is considering a new aggressive Communications Strategy which could include the president holding more Campaign Style rallies to get around the media filter antiaging and changing how press briefings are being held. Guy i wonder how Many Americans have heard of him before this news broke today. And shows you how many people are part of this constellation in any white house. Very impressive. The