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And president xi will meet later this week. one of the biggest issues, the growing nuclear threat of zmouk china's influence in the region. lester holt is in seoul, south korea, talking with a defector and his warning about kim jong-un of will. >> president trump's remarks suggesting the u.s. could take unilateral action against north korea if china doesn't climb on board and step in, will certainly not diffuse the growing tensions here, especially at a time when north korea is trying to enhance the nuclear weapons capability. it also puts the focus on the 28,500 it's service members here and ...

Meanwhile, a high stakes summit later this week when president trump meets with china as a president xi at mir gag low. lester holt is in seoul, south korea with a look at how the u.s. military is preparing. >> reporter: president trump's, an in an interview today suggesting is the u.s. could go it alone if china doesn't step in in the dispute with north korea will do nothing to lessen tensions here on the peninsula certainly at a time kim jong-un is trying to work on enhancing nuclear weapons delivery. it also puts a focus on the u.s. military presence here. 28,500 strong and what happens in ...

Korea, they can threaten the tens of millions of people who live in and around seoul. don't forget we have 28,500 u.s. troops on the peninsula, they are in a tough stance. they are in a three-point stance ready to fight tonight, ready to go at it if north korea moves on them. this is a tinder box. when north korea destabilizes it can cause a crisis very fast. >> we have a million man conventional army that can overwhelm our troops and south koreans at first blush. >> the big development for north korea if they can mate their nuclear weapons capability which they are designing and creating onto...

Resolutions, saying in part it shows north korea's, quote, fanatically obsessed with nuclear and ballistic missile development. keir simmons has more now from the korean peninsula. >> reporter: view many people here believe this was a test not just of the north korean missile but of president trump himself. this projectile was fired and it's believed by the u.s. to have been an intermediate range ballistic missile, fired from the northwest of north korea. it traveled around 310 miles toward japan before landing in the sea short of japanese waters. but just as president trump was meeting with t...

Paying enough attention to. you co-wrote an op ed with him ten years ago advocating that maybe there should be preemptive action against a north korea. north korea seems to be the one everyone is concerned about, that you would support nuclear facilities and would you advocate that now? >> that was a different circumstan circumstance, but with respect to north korea today, that's absolutely right. their nuclear weapons and ballistic missile defense program is a serious threat to us. we try to stay ahead of that and we are staying ahead of that with our missile defenses to make sure we've upgra...