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Pretty big differences of opinion when it comes to thaad deployment between the u.s. and south korea. let's take it back a step. you saw the first pieces of the system arriving in march. earlier this week we were told the system would be operational in a matter of days. that came from the u.s. pacific command commander. he talked about the need to have that ready to respond, ready to intercept a missile from north korea at any time. south korean officials were talking about the necessity to get the system installed as quickly as possible because of the security concerns posed by north korea. u...

Launched though unsuccessfully a missile today. bad. president trump repeatedly saying that china is the key to putting pressure on north korea to stop its nuclear missile programs. u.s. pacific command tells us they first detected this launch 5:33 in the morning local time this morning at a site north of the capital pyongyang. two u.s. military officials teld nbc news this involved a medium-range ballistic missile. that it flew for a couple of minutes and then exploded in midair about 20 miles from the launch site. this is now the third failed missile test for north korea just this month, but...

Saying continued testing is a major crisis which looms over the peace and prosperity of the world. nbc's kelly cobiella is in seoul, south korea, following this for us. what more do we know about this latest missile test other than it was a failed attempt, correct? >> reporter: yes, it does appear by all accounts that this was a failed missile test launch by the north koreans. we understand from u.s. pacific command, they first detected this launch at 5:33 in the morning local time coming from a test site a few miles north of the capital, pyongyang. they say according to u.s. military official...

And to us, but a threat to china themselves. so we are asking that they evaluate the situation. i think what is different is, we have expanded the network of calling on others to fully implement the sanctions on the u.n. security council resolutions, which have never been fully implemented, so we are holding them accountable to implementing these sanctions, and we are broadening our call to the nations to put pressure on pyongyang, because pyongyang's missiles can now go in any direction. this is a threat that is now moving out of the region and becoming global. >> bret: the head of u.s. pacif...

At one point. the head of u.s. pacific command saying just this week that this was going to be operational within days, despite the objections from some of the local community and from both russia and china. china objects pau because they the radar on this is so powerful, it can be used to spy on them. now you have added to this mix president trump's comments that south korea should pay for the system. one south korean military official told nbc news, look, we have an agreement with the united states when it comes to this. the agreement says we provide the land, we providehe infrastructure. th...