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Peninsula once a week. they carry the payload of any u.s. bomber and could north korean nuclear and ballistic facilities. >> what is the downside any sort of strike on north korea by the u.s.? obviously there are a number of them. what sticks out? >> reporter: it's how quickly it would escalate with large scale casualties. the big concern is how to neutralize the thousands of artillery units that north korea has hidden in the hills and bunkers just north of the border with south korea. this recent live fire exercise by pyongyang shows the destruction. that's just 35-miles from the border. the ...

Days. hans, as war talk develops and red lines and threats, defense secretary mattis in may had said that a conflict in north korea would be the worst kind of people in most people's life times. let's talk about some of the reasons for that. number one, there are about 28,500 troops in south korea. when you add up all of the u.s. troops in the area, total nearby that includes the number in south korea and japan and philippines, we end up with 79,000 u.s. troops in the area. and all of them are in danger the minute there's war with north korea. >> they are in danger in south korea and dependenc...

Relationship as lever against north korea. and sanctioning one of his banks is an interesting and delicate move. steve mnuchin said it's not targeted at china. we're not saying anything bad about the beijing government, but you can see why that would add extra complication. >> what will you be looking for in particular from their comments in the rose garden later on? >> i'll look for affirmation of conversion of policy on north korea rather than differing views. we would like to have president moon affirm the deployment offed that missile ballistic system. that's there to support our 28,500 so...

Number tested in 2015. >> it's a matter of time. we have to assume the capability exists to attack the united states. >> dirty minutes. that's how long it would take an enter -- an intercontinental missile to reach los angeles. "an american first strike would likely trigger one of the worst mass killings in human history." >> over 10,000 artillery tubes and 20 million people living in seoul. besides conventional, there is chemical, biological, nuclear. a lot of weapons are in covert facilities. >> the nukes are mobile and hard to track. underground bunkers make wiping out weapons nearly imposs...

>> it's a matter of time. we have to assume the capability exists to attack the united states. >> dirty minutes. that's how long it would take an enter -- an intercontinental missile to reach los angeles. "an american first strike would likely trigger one of the worst mass killings in human history." >> over 10,000 artillery tubes and 20 million people living in seoul. besides conventional, there is chemical, biological, nuclear. a lot of weapons are in covert facilities. >> the nukes are mobile and hard to track. underground bunkers make wiping out weapons nearly impossible. 28,500 american t...