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In ways that you cannot do in the gravity well of earth. >> reporter: sunday's launch will have history on board. astronaut victor glover will become the first black astronaut to stay on the iss for a long-term mission. >> the thought of flying in here and rocketing out is just surreal. it really is. >> reporter: and he says he's going to help his four daughters with their homework from space. those four astronauts will stay in space for about six months. and they decided to give their spaceship a name fitting for 2020 -- resilience. >> quite fitting indeed. a dad's work will not be done even ...

Region. sandra? >> sandra: why is kim jong-un doing this now, would you say, jennifer? >> reporter: experts say north korea's leader is trying to get president trump's attention, hoping to restart bilateral talks. just friday defense secretary jim mattis suggested china has played a helpful role deterring kim jong-un. that was 24 hours before this latest test. north korea's un desaid it was to punish the u.s. for its anti-chinese policy. north k second time in two weeks this missile. >> this goes to a military solution, it is going to be tragic on an unbelievable scale. >> reporter: sunday's l...

North korea says it is ready to start producing a new medium-range missile capable of reaching japan and military bases. the regime says the missile tested on sunday is in answer to president trump's policies. nickkey h nikki hailey has her own message for north korea. we'll go live to craig melvin who traveled with nikki haley. what did the ambassador tell you about this? >> reporter: well, chris, you know sunday's launch was the 11th since the beginning of president trump taking office. there's been some declaration from the u.s. officials that