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Program. yesterday's flight was the longest and highest of any missile so far putting cities on the u.s. east coast in reach. joining me now is arizona republican martha mcfally. good to have you on the show. this is no longer a hypothetical threat. kim jong-un yesterday was taoeubl tell his citizens that, look what i have been able to do. no one in the united states is safe. is that right? >> absolutely. the test went up to 2800 miles. so the last one at 2300 miles. an assessment shows that it looks like it means this could go as far as 8,100 miles which would hold washington, d.c. and miami ...

Miles. and i mentioned before that hawaii is 4,000 miles away from north korea. if it's got an 8,100 mile range, this missile, that means it will hit washington, d.c. the concern scientists co-director today said it would have more than enough range to travel from north korea to washington, d.c. it could hit new york city or

Ballistic missile, an icbm, the third one north korea tested thus far. the first two were launched this summer. north korea has been launching these things with unusual trajectory whether than sending off in the distance, they tend to shoot them almost straight up, really high up so when the missiles finally do land they land fairly close by. well, the one they shot off today reached a height of around 2,800 miles. it went 3,000 miles up before it landed in the sea of japan. if it had been fired for distance, scientists said if the missile had thrown on a standard trajectory, it would have a r...

Debt natio detonation, artillery. i think we have to be very sensitive. do we develop more anti-missile technology? yeah, we have to do that with south korea, with our mainland to protect hawaii, to protect guam. with this trajectory, the 8,100 miles a very respective scientist said that basically hits washington, d.c. but the answer is diplomacy. you're absolutely right. we can't be war-like and incendiary. this is a time for calmness. and i must say, you know, i'm confident in secretary mattis. i've met general kelly. i think he's reasonable. i also saw the president said that general kelly'...

>> joining us now, ambassador wendy sherman, former underambassador of state and a special adviser to president clinton on north korea. she is also an msnbc globalmsnb affairs contributor and host of the deep state radio podcast. ambassador sherman, your reaction to this latest missile test by north korea. >> the test is a very serious one. it's part of this process where north korea is saying to us we are moving as quickly as possible to be able to reach the continental united states. in fact, as general mattis said, this went very high. if that had been stretched out, it could have been stre...