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Message. >> if pyongyang goes further we will be. >> attempting to launch a lock-range rocket against the demands of the united states and many american allies. u.s. officials tell nbc news that the launch failed. the rocket, which was said to be carrying a communications satellite, did not reach orbit. it crashed into the sea. and now for the rest of the world, the question that changes every time there's a development like this but never goes away, the question of how to deal with the strange and confounding nation of korea remains. joining us live from pyongyang is richard engel. how did yo...

Instead of the rocket going up in three stages with each one burning off in turn and pro pelg the rocket upward eventually into orbit, which is how a three-stage rocket is supposed to work, this one just launched in north korea appears to have broken apart very soon after takeoff. the rocket fell into the sea very shortly after liftoff. north korea has made other attempts at launching rockets. it tried in 2006, again in 2009. the 2009 one crashed into the sea off the coast of japan. because of north korea's absolutely rejection of international norms and international pressure, the world at la...

Reporters and we were expecting to have a press conference. there was some anticipation that we would even see this go up live with a slight delay on video screens but instead we were told by officials in washington, we were alerted by our own news desk, reporting coming out of japan and south korea that not only had the rocket gone up but that it had failed and one of the moments i'll remember today as we rushed into the press center, the only place that has internet, the only place that has computer access, and we saw our link to the government here and the minder said, are you ready? we're ...

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>> pyongyang has a clear choice. it can pursue peace and reap the benefits of closer ties with the international community, including the united states. or it can continue to face pressure and isolation. >> shepard: and that is its choice, clearly. the united states is not alone in its opposition to the launch. in fact, even north korea's neighbor russia has joined the chorus of nation calling for the regime to standdown but it did not. it has just, north korea has just launched the missile. and jennifer griffin has the breaking news details from the pentagon live. jennifer? what do we know? >...