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Cnn's will ripley is in tokyo, one of the only western journalists to spend significant time inside north korea. will, you just returned from pyongyang yesterday. your 14th trip. what do you think this test means? >> reporter: well, this test is sending a very strong message to the united states and the trump administration, dana. it is a message of defiance and it is a message that north korea will not back down. that was the message that was reiterated to us repeatedly when we were meeting with government officials in pyongyang all last week. the north koreans continue to be furious over a n...

Talk of appeasement with north korea will not work, they only understand one thing. will ripley is in tokyo, he's one of the only american journalists that has spent time inside north korea. you just returned yesterday, your fourth trip, what do you think this test means? >> this test is sending a very strong message to the united states and the trump administration, dana, it's a message of defiance, it's a message that north korea will not back down, and that was the message that was reiterated. the north koreans continue to be furious over a number of things. they're furious about the joint ...

People, quite close to president, saying at the very least, jared kushner should scale back his duties here at the white house, if not completely take a leave of absence. but david, there's no indication right now that the president himself believes that. in fact, the president issued a statement over the weekend, saying, jared is doing a great job for the country. i have total confidence in him. he's respected by virtually everyone. david. >> jon karl with us tonight. jon, thank you. and we also have breaking developments at this hour involving the u.s. military. for the first time the u.s....

Israel by iran. that could be why the air force conducted a missile intercept test off of the california coast yesterday. the pentagon has been beefing up land-based missile defense systems in the middle east just last week in his state of the eupian address. the president warned iran of serious consequences if it continues to ignore international concerns over its nuclear program. it is budget day in washington, president obama's $3.8 trillion plan will head to the capital in exactly 90 minutes. includes another $100 billion for job creation. what the president said is his top priority in 2...

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