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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 li...

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...

>> 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 ...