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You hear the head of the pacific command, admiral locklear, saying yes, we can defend ourselves and we will not -- i would not recommend shooting down a missile if it specifically doesn't threaten our allies. once this crisis is over, and what some people believe is that it will be over, and that kim jong-un will be able to turn around to his people and say, hey, i stared down the united states, i stopped them from invading north korea. you know, once all that is over, then what? and that's where the hard work comes in. >> christiane, we have a digital dashboard question, and i think it's a go...

Christiane, you and i know chuck hagel, fareed, you know chuck hagel. he is not a guy who speaks provocatively without specific warning, without specific reason. when i heard what he was saying, i sensed he's pretty concerned. >> he is concerned, but rather than ominous, it sounded kind of reassuring. he basically said we have what it takes to defend our homeland, our allies. and i think that yesterday the admiral in charge of the pacific command, admiral locklear, told congress that of course they would take defensive action if they saw any missile headed in a hostile manner toward allies or ...

Reassuring. he basically said we have what it takes to defend our homeland, our allies. and i think that yesterday the admiral in charge of the pacific command, admiral locklear, told congress that of course they would take defensive action if they saw any missile headed in a hostile manner toward allies or u.s. bases in guam. but he would not suggest shooting down any missiles in inhabited areas, in other words, not targeted in anger. >> what happens, fareed, if they do launch not just one or two, but multiple missiles, and they all go into the pacific ocean, they fly over japan, land if the ...

The obama administration now believes a test launch of north korean missiles could be imminent and that north korea would not give the standard warning to shipping in the region, to aviation in the region. they're taking this very, very seriously. what do you make of it? >> reporter: obviously it has to be taken very seriously. i've got the latest issue of the economist which basically says korean roulette. you see kim jong-un's finger on the red button. that pretty much sums up the feelings. we simply have not heard these kinds of threats from the north korean leadership for, you know, more t...

Kerry is on his way. he will this week go to beijing, tokyo and seoul and he'll be talking about what's going on. but particularly with the chinese, trying to see if they can narrow the gap and figure out, persuade the chinese that they have a mutual interest in stopping this behavior by kim jong-un. also, i'm told, and it's probably publicly known, that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff is heing over there in the next couple of weeks and so will the cia. the idea is to, quote, have a deep dive into beijing and have everyone try to convince the top leadership in beijing that they hold ...