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Australia has defended its decision to scrap a multi—billion dollar deal to buy french diesel submarines, in favour of a new security pact with the us and uk. under the trilateral agreement, known as aukus, australia will instead buy nuclear—powered subs, equipped with us and uk technology. the move has caused fury in france, sparking an unprecedented diplomatic crisis. australia's prime minister, scott morrison, says he understood france's disappointment, but added australia had to act in its own strategic interest. ultimately this was a decision about whether the submarines that were bei...

People are going to be executed for the death of the "washington post" journalist khashoggi. those people were simply following out the orders of their crown prince. now the crown prince is ordering them executed. all of this ties together because the president doesn't want to hear from his intelligence community he doesn't want to hear from our allies and their intelligence services that, in fact, north korea, in their case, is continuing their nuclear program, is continuing to deliver -- develop the ability to deliver that nuclear weapon. and, by the way, by many reports, they're also develo...

No. actually he tried 11 times. but the man on the other side, the gentleman on the other side, did not take his call. >> the gentleman on the other side. first of all, according to ben rhodes, susan rice, the deputy national security adviser, president trump never tried to call or communicate with kim jong-un, just factually wrong. >> i challenge the white house to show their data and counter the denial here that these 11 attempted calls were made. again, what we're seeing is the president aligning himself with the wrong people and in the process, allowing himself to be manipulated. whale we'...

>> reporter: a 360 foot long, 8,000 ton underwater menace that could face off with kim jong-un. behind all the scaffolding, america's newest fast attack submarine, the uss south dakota. it is a virginia class sub like this and it will be ready to enter the fleet by late next year with stealth capability. >> it is one of the newest and quietest ships we have in the world today with regard to submarines. >> reporter: if it deploys in the pacific, analysts say the south dakota will likely sail near the korean peninsula to counter an ambitious submarine program being developed by kim jong-un. the ...

Missiles. for kim jong-un, it's a dangerous new weapon to worry about. >> may god bless her and saul ta sail in her. >> a 360 foot long 8,000 ton menace that could face off with kim jong-un. behind that scaffolding, america's newest fast attack submarine, the uss south dakota. it's a virginia class sub like this and will be ready to enter the fleet by late next year with stealth capability. >> it's one of newest and quietest ships we have in the world today with regard to submarines. >> if it deploys in the pacific, the south dakota will likely at some point sail near the korean peninsula to c...