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Jong-un sending a thanksgiving message to president trump launching two projectiles overnight. the launches part of an uptick in weapons testing, increasing tensions on the peninsula and complicating the relationship between north korea and the united states. cnn's analyst rear admiral john kirby is here. is there significance behind the timing of the launch? >> you hit it there in the intro. did it on thanksgiving holiday. not unlike them to signal displeasure with the state of the u.s./north korean relationship and/or the way talks are going. let's see what happened here. we have two short-r...

>> reporter: amid increased regional tension with iran, analysts worry a larger conflict could erupt any day. we did speak with both of the iranian-backed groups in gazaed today, hamas and islamicyed that. they say they appreciate the support from iran but they are not willing to blindly accept orders from iran. jon: trey yingst, thank you. the u.s. is actively trying to persuade north korea to come back to the bargaining table as the north's end of year deadline approaches for what it calls flexibility from the trump administration. denuclearization talks stalled months ago with north korea a...

>> reporter: the president has made it so clear over and over -- remember there's been eight different tests. this has been happening quite a lot. each time the president has shrugged them off, a remarkably cavalier attitude. that's partly because these aren't nuclear tests, aren't intercontinental ballistic missiles, which means the weapon they're testing won't put the u.s. within range. it does violate united nations rules about weapons testing and puts japan and south korea well within range of these new weapons and the hundreds of thousands of american soldiers who are stationed there. so ...

Attempts to prevent us from finding the facts is further evidence of obstruction of justice. in america no one is above the law. the president will be held accountable. now to this. north korea has launched another missile, firing what is believed to be the third missile launch in the past eight days. president trump downplaying this, the sudden escalation in the missile tests, firing off tweets dismissing the launches, writing, these missile tests are not a violation of our signed singapore agreement, adding that chairman kim will do, quote, the right thing, because he is too smart not to. ...

About having felt it. >> and when you hear now 6.4, put it in perspective for us. >> yeah, that is a good-sized earthquake, as you've heard. it's close to the 1994 north ridge earthquake and what makes all the difference is north ridge was in the middle of a city where this was in a fairly remote area. the closest good-sized town isn't ridge crest, which my family has lived in that area since 1946. it's remote. it was started as a navy base for weapons testing, but it's a good-sized town, as you heard 30,000 people. and given the magnitude and distance i would expect that they saw light damage...