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Korea and the united states, and the united states has responded in a very cool fashion. very strong. showing kim jong-un that we are the superior military power, but not trying to rise to these provocations and trying, actually, to decrease the level of rhetoric. i think that's the right move by washington. >> let's talk a little bit about the provocations, as you say, at least from the north korean side, new details this morning about these two missiles and what we know are missile components and launch, launch machinery that have been moved over the past few days to the east coast much that...

Ambassador richardson says of all this back and forth. >> i think our response has been appropriate, cool, calm but at the same time putting our military resources ready in case there's an emergency. but if they try anything with the united states, it's suicidal. that's not going to happen. >> want to bring in our barbara starr from the pentagon. barbara, we heard bill richardson say it would be suicidal for north korea to go through with its threats. he's a diplomat. how does the military see it? >> right now what they're focused on suzanne and michael, is the possibility of that north korean...

About this missile, and what is the pentagon saying about this threat? >> well, the concern, don, basically is that if they did this test off the east coast, that it could go over japan, which would be very threatening to the u.s. ally in japan, and you would wonder what sort of response could be needed out after that. but this missile, they have seen indications over the last few days that the north has been moving missile components, a missile launch system to that east coast in preparation for a potential test launch. the concern with this missile, of course, if it works, it has the range t...

Missile but places like guam would be in the target zone. so would japan. so would south korea. there are tens of thousands of u.s. troops and assets in those areas. >> tom foreman, thank you. only a handful of americans have ever set foot inside north korea. former governor bill richardson is one of them. he's been there several times and now joins me. thanks for joining us. as we just mentioned the north koreans have moved missile components to their east coast likely for a test launch that could pass over japan. how are president obama and the administration trying to cool down this situati...

Buying materials and components for iran for the missiles and this is incredible. beijing despite pleas from the obama and the bush administrations, allowed north korea to use the beijing airport to transfer missiles to iran. the evidence of china's complicity is overwhelming . >> this begs the question why can't the u.s. impose tougher res on china for allowing the missile components to go through the rogue governments. >> there no reason why we shouldn't. this poses a threat to the united states. we should make this the litmus tests with our relationship with beijing. we try to see china as ...