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He's ready to push the button. >> what's the news from north korea? >> reporter: we called our government contacts this morning, when we learned of this, they hadn't heard anything about it and although this was considered to be a failure, even though north korea may not view it this way, even though the missile did fly a considerable flight but it didn't fly as far as they anticipated. i have been here during failed missile launches before and the rest of the world is talking about it and pretty much every north korean will never know it happened other than kim jong-un and his rocket scientis...

This happened. if they did consider it a failure, here, they may never acknowledge it. keep in mind the rocket scientists in this country learn just as much from failure if not more from successful tests. they will use the knowledge they gained in the early morning hours here and try again. >> what do you think the motivation for kim jong-un might be, jamie? >> i'm sorry. yes, i didn't hear that. for kim jong-un, this is a critical moment. president trump is increasing the temperature with all these statements. he is really putting a lot of pressure on the north koreans. at the same time, the ...

Exploded soon after launch. but the message from supreme leader kim jong-un is very clear. >> this is kim giving us the finger, giving china the finger, giving the u.n. the finger. the time cigarette planned and pre-ordained in his mind. this morning we have our team of correspondents covering this around the globe. cnn senior washington correspondent is watching this. let's go to will riply. good morning. >> reporter: here in north korea even though the rest of the world has been talking about this missile launch still no official acknowledgement by this regime that this happened which mean...

Who are privileged enough to have access of the outside media are aware of this failed missile laurge and happened on sinpo where north korea attempted to launch a missile last week ahead of president trump's meeting with xi jinping. most north koreans will never know this happened, as is typically the case with failed missile launches. there have been a couple during trips to the country i've done previously where the rest of the world is talking about it and it never appears on state-controlled media because it wouldn't serve their propaganda inside the country. the rocket scientists will le...

Missiles prior to this. these were brand-new kinds of icbms. we're not sure how long north korea is in developing these. most people believe north korea doesn't have a workable, cbm capable of reaching the united states. they have some smart rocket scientists in this country. don't underestimate the talent of the people who are being educated near north korea. scientific minds get the best housing. the they get free vacation es at luxury resorts in this country. they are lots of perks for people to succeed in scientific missile development. when there is a success -- when there's a failure, i ...