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Seek immediate shelter. this is not a drill. this activated the emergency alert system in hawaii. that is people were watching tv at their homes at 8:07 this morning and an alert went on their television, letting them know that there was an in bound missile coming their way. this is what it was like to see that on your television. >> the u.s. pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. a missile may impact on land or sea within minutes. this is not a drill. >> i mean, incredible, the hawaii emergency management agency tweeted 13 minutes later, no missile threat to hawaii. that's i...

Has been fired since september 15th. october was the first month this year that no ballistic missile was fired. this was definitely a significant event, and the fact that it was a icbm, remember, north korea has been working on that reentry vehicle of that longer-range missile, find about 4,000 miles and puts guam and hawaii and other places in its trajectory. this missile, we understand, from japanese officials, landed in the water off of japan's and the economic exclusion zone. that is about 200 plus miles off the coast of japan. we are hearing from u.s. defense officials that it flew for ab...

To lengthy trip, by the way, five-country trip, more than 11 days, longest by an american president in asia, you know, about a quarter century. before heading this way, the president was briefed by leadership from u.s. pacific command in hawaii, joined by his wife first lady melania in that visit at pearl harbor, a solemn occasion indeed and also visiting the memorial, white house chief of staff john kelly, take a look at his picture, his son, you may recall, killed while serving in the marine corps in afghanistan, clearly a solemn reminder of a sacrifice so many have made on behalf of a grate...

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And that is trade. much talk about china but keep in mind the u.s. has a trade imbalance with japan as well. $51 billion, through the latest figures in august, the last month available. president is likely trying to hammer out a more favorable environment for u.s. goods and services here in japan as well. earlier this afternoon as you pointed out the president left hawaii for the five-country, 11-day asian trip, the longest for an american president in a quarter century. before coming this way the president was briefed by leadership of u.s. pacific command over in hawaii. he joined his wife, f...