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earlier, addressing the north korean icbm launch, but he couldn't resist hitting the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, the house minority leader, nancy pelosi. listen to this. >> chuck schumer and nancy pelosi did not show up for our meeting today. i'm not really that surprised. we have a lot of differences. they're weak on crime. they're weak on illegal immigration. they want the illegal folks to come pouring into our border. they want high taxes, we want low taxes. >> the democratic leaders, as you know, they backed out of that meeting at the white house after the president insulted them on twitter. does this play well for president trump? >> look, i don't think it plays well for anyone. i understand why they did it. there have been many times in the past where obama was president. where republicans said their schedules were too busy to go meet with him at the white house, because they said the meeting had been scheduled last minute. so it happens on both sides. i think it makes nobody look
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>> reporter: i just spoke with a north korean official, wolf, who told me back in october that north korea would be demonstrating their capabilities to the trump administration with a long-range icbm launch, just like this one. and that official also said that the world needs to expect a seventh nuclear test. remember, it was back in september that north korea threatened to detonate a nuclear device above the pacific ocean. a threat that has not come to fruition yet, but when i interviewed a senior diplomat in pyongyang in the last month or so, he said that the world should take that threat literally. and after north korea following through on this particular launch, one can only assume that in order to demonstrate their full nuclear deterrent, in their words, round off the nuclear program, that we can expect to see more provocative actions from north korea. and in fact, here in seoul, the unification minister held a press conference just hours before this launch, which happened, unusually, in the middle of the night here, demonstrating north korea's about to roll out this icbm and launch it with little advanced warning. certainly, the united states would not have been able to
north korean icbm launch, it was higher than anything before, can threaten anywhere in the world. that from secretary mattis. the bottom line, continuing effort to build icbm threatens the world and the united states. donald trump, the president, today taking questions from reporters. that is something we have not expected. we did not know whether to expect it or not. it was advertised to us as a statement. normally when it is a statement, the president does not take questions. the pool is ushered in and out, but sometime you want to take questions as the president, you take questions. that is what he's doing right now. we expect the pool and will play that out in just a few minutes. lots of topics on the agenda today and the president touching on a number of those. and very much a political back and forth now as the white house try to take over the narrative for the day. remember, the tweets began and then pelosi and schumer took back, and now on this day so
>> they're already working on an advanced version of that existing ballistic missile. all this unfolding less than six months after north korea's first icbm launch. the development of an advance the icbm is just one element. additional upgrades are underway. troubling. >> 4:10 in houston, texas. anybody still up? tweet us if you are. plenty of joy there this morning. ♪ we are the champions ♪ of the world >> houston astros bringing home the first title in franchise history. highlights and celebration next. when i was a navy seal, i trained as hard as i could to stay alive.
icbm launch by the north could be on a trajectory deeper into the pacific. more threatening to the u.s. and regional neighbors. >> translator: avenue north korea follows this path, it will not have a bright future. this is a message that should be sent to north korea to make it change its ways. >> this adding urgency for the u.s. military to deploy thaad antimissile launchers south of seoul. there were some protests. china sees it as a threat. >> translator: we are deploying the thaad in response to north korea's nuclear and missile threats. >> in pyongyang, orchestrated celebrations honoring the scientists. "the wall street journal" reporting foreign trained north koreans could be key to the nuclear and missile programs. this amid reports the assets of kim jong un can be frozen by new u.s. backed u.n. sanctions. also oil imports, textile exports, north korean foreign workers could be cut.
icbm launch by the north could be on a trajectory deeper into the pacific. more threatening to the u.s. and regional neighbors. >> translator: avenue north korea follows this path, it will not have a bright future. this is a message that should be sent to north korea to make it change its ways. >> this adding urgency for the u.s. military to deploy thaad antimissile launchers south of seoul. there were some protests. china sees it as a threat. >> translator: we are deploying the thaad in response to north korea's nuclear and missile threats. >> in pyongyang, orchestrated celebrations honoring the scientists. "the wall street journal" reporting foreign trained north koreans could be key to the nuclear and missile programs. this amid reports the assets of kim jong un can be frozen by new u.s. backed u.n. sanctions. also oil imports, textile exports, north korean foreign workers could be cut.
putin is saying all the things that north korea wants to hear so as wild as it may sound he may be trying to step into the role of peacemaker to negotiate some sort of deal or talk to the north koreans and serve as intermediary. xi jinping and kim jong-un have never spoken, there's a letter passed china is not happy about the impending icbm launch, xi is trying to consolidate his power in a matter of weeks. perhaps putin will be the one to strike a deal to fill that vacuum left by the trump administration. >> general if one of the goals of north korea has been to drive a wedge between the u.s. and its allies in the region, is this proof that it's working? some of the biggest pressure the white house has put on than
and just this morning, there are reports that the regime is preparing for yet another icbm launch. to the members of the security council i must say enough is enough. >> heather: brian is live for us at the united nations with more. brian? >> hi, heather. look, the u.s. ambassador nikki haley saying north korea has slapped everyone in the face on the security council, all 15 nations. she says this week they will negotiate a new security council resolution that they hope to vote for on monday. she said that the time is over for half measures. and that she expects and wants the strongest measures ever enacted against north korea. she noted that the security council has kicked this can down the road for long enough. she began her remarks listing time after time over the last 24 years she says the international community has tried and failed to talk to north korea.