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But again, deter them from doing what, when. deter them from launching a second korean war? we've been very successful at that. deter them from launching nuclear weapons? i believe that we can be successful if we have the right defense posture and communications strategy. deter them from creating mischief? no. deter them from selling narcotics around the world or exporting ballistic missile technology? no. we haven't been successful. but on this existential issue of nuclear weapons, i believe that we can be. but i understand some people might not agree with that. >> but mr. ambassador, if you ...

National security correspondent, jim sciutto who has some reporting on this. >> reporter: multiple officials tell myself and my colleague barbara starr that u.s. intelligence has assessed though not formally concluded that north korea today possesses the capability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead, put it atop an intercontinental ballistic missile. now, to be clear, this is not yet a consensus intelligence community view. that is one thing. it is also the view of the u.s. intelligence community that this remains an untested capability. and of course testing is key to be able to get that reentr...

Frontier in kim jong un's missile program that nuclear experts have been fearing for years. so, let's begin with ryan brown, who's live at the pentagon for us on this. and so, i mean, as you well know, north korea has been escalating threats to hit the u.s. mainland, so if this "washington post," ryan, if this post report proves to be true how much more dangerous did north korea just become? >> reporter: well, a lot more dangerous. again, there are still some things that would need to be assessed here. this "washington post" report citing a defense intelligence agency assessment that north kor...

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