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Korea doesn't have that missile capability. i believe putin. what's your reaction? >> well, obviously, that's very, very concerning to me. these are his intelligence folks who are calling lots of points of collection, meaning human and electronic and digital. every form of int as they would say. they take all of that information and then they come up with a policy or at least proposal or at least an understanding of what's going on in the world. the president needs to have faith and trust in that information. it's the best that we have by the best that we have in america to provide it. and so ...

According to mccabe, the official came back and told him, the briefing had gone, quote, off the rails. >> the president said he did not believe that north koreans had the capability to hit us here with ballistic missiles in the united states and he did not believe that because president putin had told him they did not. president putin had told him that the north koreans don't actually have those missiles. >> reporter: mccabe says intelligence officials in the room told the president that was inconsistent with everything they knew about kim jong-un's missile capability. >> to which the presiden...

Last couple of years more than $100 billion of increase in defense spending from or nato allies. they said it couldn't be done. [ applause ] as part of our military buildup, the united states is developing a state of the art missile defense system. under my administration, we will never apologize for advancing america's interests. for example, decades ago, the united states entered into a treaty with russia in which we agreed to limit and reduce our missile capability. while we followed the agreement and the rules to the letter,

Treaty with russia in which we agreed to limit and reduce our missile capability. while we followed the agreement and the rules to the letter, russia repeatedly violated its terms. it's been going on for many years. that is why i announced that the united states is officially withdrawing from the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or inf treaty. perhaps -- [ applause ] we really have no choice. perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement, adding china and others. or perhaps we can't, in which case we will outspend and out innovate all others by far.

But now we have secured over the last couple of years more than $100 billion of increase in defense spending from our nato allies. they said it couldn't be done. >> part of our military buildup the united states is developing a state-of-the-art missile defense system under my administration we will never apologize for advancing america's interests. for example, decades ago the united states entered into a treaty with russia in which we agreed to limit and reduce our missile capability.