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To the american people in a way that makes it clear why he made that decision. that's what we can expect from the president, is transparency in the nature of how and why he makes these choices. but there are some things that we absolutely expect, basic things like the wall, jobs, the economy, and already we have a foreign policy that places america in a much stronger, better position so that we're not everybody's door mat. lawyer lauer and on those moments -- laura: and on those moments we will continue to go to both of you in the future. i want to thank you both for being here to give us your...

>> well, i do think that they were probably timed precisely because of the exercises you were referring to, the joint exercises that we run with south korea are quite large. they go on for about two weeks. they involve more than 50,000 south korean troops, probably about 17,000 of ours. and i suspect that kim jong un decided that he was going to at least demonstrate something in response to that. what is interesting is that he chose to fire short-range ballistic missiles and not the longer-range ones or, similarly, not to threaten guam at this point. so at least i think we can, we can look at ...

First of pacific command, u.s. pacific command is saying two of those three missiles actually failed in flight. the third one blew out very soon after launch. that was later revised to say that two missiles actually traveled about 250 kilometers. now, at this stage, we dent know exactly what type of missiles they were. what north korea was trying to achieve. because they landed so close to the korean peninsula, it was not seen as a major issue for japan, for example, where i am. it was because it's too far away. there will be investigation into what was being launched. and how it was launched....

The first and third missiles actually flew about 155 miles in a northeastern direction. initially, u.s. officials said north korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately, and the other two failed in flight. the latter description resulting in today's update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south korea's assessment. the launches are the first since the united nations security council unanimously voted on august 5th to impose new sanctions on the regime. secreta...

Officials say that report is wrong. the u.s. pacific command says the first and third missiles actually flew about 155 miles in a north eastern direction. initially, u.s. officials said north korea launched three short-range ballistic missiles. in hawaii time it was the afternoon of august 25th. pacific command said one missile blew up almost immediately, and the other two failed in flight. the latter description resulting in today's update. the latest u.s. assessment appears to now match south korea's assessment. the launches are the first since the united nations security council unanimously...