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>> reporter: admiral locklear told the armed services committee today that he did not recommend shooting down north korea's missile if they carry out a test unless that missile is directed toward the u.s. or its allies. jenna? jenna: a story we continue to watch very closely. jennifer, thank you. rick: right now a new push to secure america's borders. lawmakers on both sides of capitol hill introducing legislation today that would force the department of homeland security to lay out a comprehensive plan to secure the borders and verify the results. the chairman of the house homeland security c...

Head of forces in korea was supposed to testify before that committee hearing headed by senator carl levin but he canceled his trip at the last moment because of the extreme tension on the korean peninsula right now. that is a very unusual move for the u.s. general. we are hearing now from pacific commander admiral locklear. he is being questioned by the armed services committee. here is carl levin just moments ago. >> the same destructive policies as its predecessors stubbornly pursuing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs with callous disregard for the well-being of its own peo...

That minuteman icbm, intercontinental ballistic missile test, long scheduled test that was supposed to take place out at vandenberg air force base? that would have a test that would have sent a missile from vandenberg 4300 miles away. admiral locklear said he agreed with the decision by the pentagon to postpone the test and rising tensions and misunderstanding on the korean peninsula. martha. martha: jennifer, explain a little bit, last week the word there wasn't a lot of movement on the ground in north korea, militarily. that most of this had been rote rick. has that changed?. >> reporter: it...

Missile de -- guided missile destroyers will gain the launch. uss benifold and uss fitzgerald are heading there. they both have high-tech missile systems on board. they will watch the rocket and track any parts that fall into the secording to admiral locklear who doubts this launch is for benign purposes. >> there are indications declared indication of intention to do what they would call a peaceful satellite launch. we believe it is still in contradictory to the u.n. security council resolutions that because of the nature of the type of missile that they will be firing and implications it has...

From, the parachute drop by locals. and, then the other pilot was, was already back on board the ship picked up by a marine osprey craft. it was back. the other, the second copilot, had, was essentially being ferried back as we spoke to admiral locklear a few moments ago. jenna? jenna: question our viewers have, where are we at with this mission? >> reporter: it's a great question. admiral locklear laid it out extremely clearly for us. he said that, in essence, the president, on march 18th, referring to u.n. security council resolution 1973, laid out very clearly what qadaffi needed to to do t...