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It was medium range, officials are kind of on edge and they aren't sure where this is going to go next. they're tracking it with reconnaissance capabilities across the peninsula. you saw the release by pacific command immediately saying they tracked it. it was off the launch pad and then exploded thereafter. they will have aircraft and satellite overhead. they will be tracking from radar to ships at sea and will have intelligence sources watching this and the focus is certainly going to be on sinpo where the missiles are launched from. that's their test facility. that's where the nuclear test

Coastal city of sinpo, home to north korea's submarine base, u.s. pacific command saying it was a failure, almost immediately after launch. and what i have experienced in the past when i'm inside this count country, it's never reported in the state-controlled media. of course a successful launch would be a lead story with pictures of the north korean leader overseeing the event. given that this appears to be -- this test appears to be a failure, probably most north koreans, the vast majority, will never know that it happened, ana. >> and, will, explain the difference between this failed launch...

. we are following breaking news right now. north korea apparently attempting to do another ballistic missile test of some sort. we have very few details at the moment. but what we have confirmed from south korea is that this test failed. i want to bring in right now barbara starr joining us on the phone with some new information. barbara, what can you tell us? >> reporter: good evening. the u.s. pacific command in hawaii has issued a statement saying that it detected and tracked what they say is a failed, failed north korean missile launch at about 5:21 eastern time here in the united state...

Surely upset the united states and surely upset the chinese as well. >> gordon, i want to add somebody to our conversation. we bring in jonathan pollack from the brookings institution, interim south korean studies chairman. thanks for joining gordon and myself. what are you hearing in terms of what has just happened in terms of this missile launch that we're hearing from the associated press that has not been completed successfully? let me add another piece of information that we're getting in from our producer courtney kube. she is saying that u.s. pacific command did detect a north korean mi...

Cooperate, the president says other allies will join together with the u.s. to try to prevent kim jong-un from expanding its nuclear capability, especially the u.s. concern is predictions that over a horizon of two to four years he might have the ability to deliver a payload that could be nuclear to the west coast of the united states. y in nor grave threat is for the neighbors in the region and the forces who have long been stationed there. that's where president pence is scheduled to go. face-to-face on the ground. a previously planned trip but one that seems all the more urgent right now. >...