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>> all right, fred, thank you so much. and "outfront" now, retired major general with the u.s. army, spider marks, and gordon chang. so thank you, gentlemen, for coming on. general marks, first to you. moscow is offering to mediate talks between the u.s. and north korea. is that a viable option? would the u.s. even allow that? >> no, i think the united states certainly would not participate in any talks that were being hosted or were being led by russia. i really find the height of irony is that now we're having a discussion where putin may be a peace maker of all things in this conflict tha...

Handle. >> joining me now, cnn military analyst, major general james marks and cedric leighton. thank you so much for coming on. colonel leighton, i'm going to start with you. what's your takeaway from what you saw today? >> well, don, i think the biggest thing is that, as secretary mattis said, this is a missile that has greater capabilities. the north koreans are now calling it the hwasong 15. the hwasong 14 was the one that was launched in july. and basically we're talking a higher altitude, a greater capability, and that greater capability means that it can have a range that may encompass ...

Potentially basically the world from north korea, and that is a significant development. >> general marks. tonight a north korean official told will rippley, they have ruled out diplomacy with the united states, until they can demonstrate their nuclear capabilities. the official told rippley, there are two steps to this goal. the testing of the long range icbm. the second is a large scale hydrogen bomb test. did they accomplish step number one, and how is the u.s. going to respond. >> clearly they want to negotiate from a position of strength and they've defined that as having a capability to ...

Think, here is miscalculation, and the idea that we've got two leaders who really don't understand each other. that gives me a lot of concern, and the fact that now one of those leaders is developing weapons that can potentially hit a large portion of the globe, and he's really looking for ways in which he can demonstrate his capabilities. that is going to be, i think, the biggest danger that we have here. then plus, of course, any response that we make is going to have to be tempered with the realization this could very quickly spiral out of control. >> short answer if you can, general marks,...

Has tried to help bring back the girls in nigeria, who has done so many different things and who is a member of the congressional black caucus, and the congressional black caucus, i talked to the congresswoman of cleveland, ohio. they're going to fight this. they're not happy with how they're trying to discredit -- how this white house is trying to discredit a credible member of congress. yes, she may wear but if you start pointing a finger at person -- >> what does it matter -- look at the president's hair, people talk about that. she's supposed to bring a gun out like roy moore? there are lo...