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Is in immediate firing range and not necessarily just north korean missiles, but north korea as a threat in this convention's military, and unconventional. including biological and chemical and cyber. we really have to talk about threats to our allies in the region as well as the homeland. >> and, gordon, kim jong-un has launched more ballistic missiles than his father, his grandfather, and there's been an incredible spike just within the first you know, six, seven months of this year during the trump administration. what's your view as to what he is trying to prove or convey to the world? >> ...

Sidelines. joe johns, thank you so much. going from one international threat to another international threat. the pentagon is preparing options on north korea for president trump. two u.s. military officials tell cnn the revised options include a military response. and that they will be presented to the president if, and it's a big if, pyongyang takes another provocative action. cnn's barbara starr is live for us at the pentagon with more. barbara what are you learning? >> reporter: good morning, clarissa. defense secretary james mattis continuing to say war with north korea would be a disas...

Nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world. appreciate having you on. this typical rhetoric, we expect this from him. but last year, north korea did carry out two nuclear tests. and the concern now is, is there reason to take these words a bit more seriously, given where north korea has shown us they are at? >> certainly. they already have three launchers that can hit t lower 48 states. the knl 8 and knl 14. they may not be accurate and they can't put a nuclear warhead to them but they'll be able to do that in three or four years. it is a matter of time. they're making fast progress. the...

After, we know we're in dangerous territory. >> when you say dangerous territory you don't mean they're going to aim a missile at -- first, they can't reach us. let's make our viewersthey can'd states or any of our territories, can they? >> they can reach alaska, they can reach guam, and certainly u.s. troops in japan but only with conventional warheads. in three years they can hit any american? i because they're making fast progress. we're not worried about them air mailing a nuke because we would just obliterate them. we're worried about a small provocation that spirals out. the south korean...