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President responding to that leak and that news article. we went from zero to 100 miles an hour in the course of 48 hours based on a news article. >> admiral, you had north korea ramping up its rhetoric in response to the b-1 bomber flights. >> it's true, but poppy, that rhetoric over the b-1s, that is typical rhetoric and we have seen that. i'm not trying -- please don't get me wrong, i'm not saying we shouldn't be concerned about miniaturization and the potential of an icbm, we should be concerned about that. what i'm saying is this leak, trump's reaction to the news prompted more reactions ...

Radar facilities and north korea's robust anti-aircraft system. they could be followed by the b-1 which is a heavy bomber that can carry the heaviest munitions in the u.s. arsenal, not nuclear weapons but everything else which could be used to break up fortified nuclear facilities and missile facilities there. beyond that, erin, there are about a dozen destroyers and cruisers in the water out there almost all the time and they could launch a very healthy barrage of tomahawk-guided missile which is would go streaking toward targets in north korea at more than 500 miles an hour. if u.s. official...

. welcome back nbc news has learned the pentagon has a specific strike plan if the president orders one. cynthia mcfadden reports the b-1 bomber is key to the plan. since the end of may they accelerated their training. the highly sophisticated package is designed to be largely invisible to facilitate a sneak attack. multiple source say the targets are approximately two deserts missile launch sites and support facilities, which intelligence officials tell nbc news they are confident they accurately

Action vis-a-vis north korea. using the b-1 bombers located in guam. there are six b-1s in guam that stepped up their training. they have conducted 11 trains missions since late may. that's a lot and a lot more than they had been doing. probably our military sources tell us that the b-1 is able to carry an enormous payload. probably they would be using the jazim er. these are missiles that can be fired 500 miles from the target. in this instance, the planes take off from guam and fire from 500 miles away. they would not require south korean approval or cooperation. though the south korean air ...

Trump. the threats by north korea, they say they're more accustomed to. there isn't quite a sense of crisis in the region, but the tension is definitely escalating. >> all right. thank you. joining us from washington, nbc news national security producer courtney back with us. courtney, you just heard janice sort of talking about the fact that there's not an immediate threat in that region, but nonetheless, we are hearing that the u.s. is preparing for whatever is to come. talk to us about that. >> that's right. there mapt be, as janice was saying, an immediate threat, yasmin, but there is a co...