this is the moment us and south korean troops fired missiles into south korean waters —— north korean waters on wednesday. the pentagon called it an exercise to show precision fire capability. it came after north korea fired and icbm for the first time. the changing moments of global security. kim jong—un who personally supervised the launch has reportedly called it a gift to america on their july before the celebrations. a move he hopes will keep him in power and protect his people. it is less about using this capability first to strike the united states but more about having the capability so the alliance itself is strength between the us and south korea and also give washington second thoughts about using its military force to either decapitate kim jong—un or change the regime of together in north korea. officials believe that north korea could now buy a missile capable of reaching alaska. president trump said earlier this year it wouldn't happen. in a statement, the us secretary of state rex tillerson said" he added... in a series of tweets, president trump urged china to pres

and south koreans. if the u.s. backs off, i am not saying we leave completely because we do have a treaty, but we have a nuclear could ability to wipe out north korea anytime that we want, if we are threatened by north korea, the same way if we were threatened by russia, we have the capability of destroying each other. host: i see your point. speaking of russia and china, the associate appraiser reporting that russia and china yesterday proposed a plan for defusing tensions over north moratoriumesting a on nuclear missile tests, while the u.s. and south korea refrain from large-scale exercises. some of those exercises took place after the launch yesterday. the russians and chinese said they are confronting the parties, to sit down to talk about the refusal to use force and a pledge to make the peninsula free from nuclear weapons. the document emphasized the north's concerns that must be respected and urged other nations to create a peaceful atmosphere of mutual trust to help launch the talks. richard is

it's no secret that the current south korean administration. its north korea policy and views stands at considerable variance from that of the trunk administration so the summit meeting between president trump and the south korean leader president moon. was actually fraught with tension usually summit meetings between allies are somewhat prosaic predictable affairs a lot of diplomatic language and bon ami. are overflowing over dinners and so on but this was no ordinary summit meeting and the tensions were quite clearly manifested in president trump's body language in what he said. there's a time and place for. raising all sorts of issues of contention against an ally and this is not the time and place president trump. of brought up many economic issues of the notion that south korea is not doing its fair share all of. our covering the costs of stationing us troops in south korea but they'd so let's talk about the need for a robust defense how. reliable is south korea as an online at the moment when it doesn't even want the u. s. defense shield

from the south korean survivors, countless thousands are starving, homeless refugees. seoul, the republic's largest city, lies in ruins. block after block of rubble testifies to the grim fact to the grim fact that more than 80% of it has been destroyed. hunger, poverty, and despair along these ravaged streets. that was 1953. korea today seems like a very distant relative to that once war-ravaged land. it is from the people the nation derives its character. no more is the revival more evident than in its people. from a straggling band of demoralized refugees, the people have grown into a cohesive, energetic nation. returning -- a returning u.s. army sergeant observed, the first thing you notice is the children. anymore,not starving running around with their little bellies swollen. the children, you notice right away. poverty still exists, to some degree. even the threat of famine from monsoon or drought. but the hopelessness of a war-ruined country is behind them. in their pride, their energy, their seemingly endless capacity for work. it has been said korea has a short

as "thaad" to south korea, despite protests by south koreans. the new south korean president , moon jae-in is also opposed to the thaad missile system, and last month ordered an investigation after learning that four more missile launchers had been brought into south korea. after the north korean missile launch, president trump tweeted -- perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. meanwhile, the chinese president visited russia and met with the russian president where they express their opposition to th aad and u.s. military drills. in a joint statement they called on north korea to suspend its ballistic missile program and called on the u.s. and south korea to cease their massive joint military exercises. the statement also calls on the u.s. to immediately cancel the deployment of the thaad missile system. the un security council is holding an emergency meeting over the north korea missile test. thousands of protesters marched in dozens of cities sunday to demand president trump's impeachment. mar

give them to the japanese, give them to the taiwanese, give them to the south koreans. and then go in and annihilate his artillery first, and then annihilate him. that is all you got a do -- got to do and it is over. host: bill on the line for new negotiations from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: how are you? general ined to be a greece, years ago. there is no situation with negotiations, because this guy in north korea is a yo-yo, he is a little boy, he is killing his own people. the negotiations cannot be done with normal people, so you cannot do it right now. i would say that my belief, i think i would be a general, i know what i would do. nobody make sure that knows what i'm going to do and blow him up into pieces. thank you. on the line are not for new negotiations, but military actions. caller: yes. and i will tell you something. negotiations today are a joke, just like the rest of the presidents did. they have not been nothing. i believe, when i was in arizona they used to say it was a waste of time. send people down there, seven -- send the planes, seven day

the south korean president is in washington, d.c. for meetings with president trump and other officials. discussions include strategies for dealing with north korea and eliminating its nuclear program. after a private meeting, the two leaders made a joint statement at the white house rose garden. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and the president of the republic of korea. president trump: thank you very much. ia and i are honored to welcome president moon of south madamend his lovely wife kim to the white house. mr. president, let me be the first to congratulate you on your election, tremendous election victory, and also the people of south korea for providing such an incredible for theof democracy world. it was very exciting. congratulations. this morning, president moon and vice president hentz later wreath at the korean war veterans memorial to commemorate of theh anniversary korean war. it was a beautiful ceremony. we will never forget that americans and koreans bravely fought and died together for a fr

and south korean forces commander of u.s. forces, korea. ow during peacetime, the south kore maintains control of war-time f. there's a situation in both the u.s. and south korean president decides situation, war-time then the un commander, general brooks, the u.s. four star, assumes command of the u.s. orces and the south korean forces, called war-time operational command. presidents decide we're in a war, south korea ontrols military during national wartime controls on behalf of the united nations along with any other forces that from other united nations members. host: what is number of forces in the region? guest: we have 28, 500 troops and sailors and airmen on the peninsula, and 40,000 additional and any conflict we promise to flow many more troops there. on the peninsula, demill tarrize o them? guest: no, they generally pull ack and over the years given more and more responsibility to tittarized he demill zone. koreans have responsibility for the demillittarized zone. host: line for republicans, go ahead. caller: good morning, my we

the south korean and u.s. military estimates the missile travelled more than 580 miles in 37 minutes. based on this, experts calculate the missile could have a maximum range of roughly 4,160 miles, long enough to reach all of alaska, but not the rest of the u.s. >> you have to remember that missile technology has been around for a long time so there are no particular secrets. a lot of it is just figuring out how to do the hard engineering and basically get everything to work at the same time, which is not always easy to do. >> reporter: the new launch comes as north korea also continues to pursue the development of a nuclear war head. >> buying nuclear war heads with ballistic missile technologies in the hands of kim jong-un is a recipe for disaster. so, i must take him at his word. i must assume that his claims are true. i know exasperations certainly are. >> reporter: top officials from the state department, the pentagon and the white house held meetings throughout the july 4th holiday. administration offici

and south korean soldiers fired missiles into south korean waters yesterday in what the army called a demonstration of u.s./south korean solidarity. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. frankly, that patience is over. >> reporter: bill richardson, a former ambassador to the u.n., which helped negotiate with the north koreans is among those who says military action is not an option. >> kim jong-un is basically saying to president trump, "come at me." he's being provocative. he's trying to put president trump in a box. >> reporter: china issued a joint statement with russia that calls for a halt to missile tests in exchange for the u.s. and south korea suspending their large-scale military exercises. and north korean leader kim jong-un was quoted by the state news agency as saying he will not negotiate with the u.s. to band its nuclear weapons program until washington abandons its hostile policy against the north. china, meantime, in response to calls for tougher action, said it does not see room for tougher sanctions. anne marie? >> hena daniels her

we are scheduled to see meetings between japanese leader abe, the south korean leader and trump. this year there has been a lot of meetings between those three and north korea has been the focus of a lot of discussion. a lot of wartook. as the morning post points out, two of the allies, beijing and moscow, don't want to get involved in military action and it would be hard to get past them —— war talk. military action and it would be hard to get past them -- war talk. no one wants military action. 0ne to get past them -- war talk. no one wants military action. one of the concerns, wants military action. one of the concerns, which has lingered all year, is if there were military action against north korea, it exposes the south koreans. no one really wants that. there have been discussions with the us officials and the south koreans earlier this year, and also japan. we have had a lot of pressure from donald trump on other nato countries to increase their nato defence spending, it should be 2% of gdp, countries don't do that and japan for the last five years has increased milita

interesting to know, the south korean market itself, tensions on the korean peninsula, muted. i love this terminal chart. extent of the south korean kospi index and how it has outperformed this year, which is an interesting thing to remember. escalations are something that foreign investors and south korea are very used to. theythe course of time, have been prepared to look through these mild bouts of risk aversion that happen from time to time, as things do escalate. the yellow line on the bottom panel shows us, foreign investors are putting more money into south korea. they are prepared to be basing bets on buybacks and corporate fundamentals and improving earnings growth. earnings continue to be strong and it is widening out in the sectors in the south korean economy and stock market. that is the context for equity investors. it looks like we might have a fairly muted open across asia as we start the day. but it does not look like pronounced selling at this point. yvonne: interesting to see that dynamic between the kospi and the yuan. usually they move in tandem, but now it

snuck in in the middle making the south koreans pay for it to get he had trouble getting the south koreans a pay for the trump wanting to renegotiate trade deals with south korea trump sending a fleet protects south korea that actually ends up in the indian ocean instead all of this is an extremely embarrassing and right now south korea has had. better relations with you know exactly look with the president in the oval office meeting it looks like to the new president of korea was kind of bending towards from sway deep explain to our audience because western audiences are never told the following what to the north koreans one well i mean just recently the south korean brass revealed that i would go in president to you know the woman who just had to quit as president. under her and this is a nation over there north korean leader kim jong un was plant i am no friend of kim jong un via the problem is that these kind of methods you know on both sides as an example because north korea immediately said that the sentence you know the former president who to do basically a capital punishment but i

the era of patience is over: president trump and his south korean counterpart have called for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul: iraq says it will recapture the city from the so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce. the council leader in london responsible for grenfell tower where 80 people died in a fire has resigned. canada celebrates 150 years since its founding. we look at what sets it apart, and why not everybody is in on the party. hong kong is marking the 20th anniversary of the territory's return to chinese rule. president xi jinping will inaugurate the newly elected chief executive, carrie lam, after a flag—raising ceremony which is about —— is currently underway at victoria harbour. at the same time protesters are preparing to march in an annual rally to demand democracy. there we see the red and yellow flag marking this particular moment in the territory's history. and president xijinping is on the territory's history. and president xi jinping is on the first visit to hong kon

they have conducted a joint drill with the south koreans. ballistic missile drill, took place at a base outside south korea. if you look at the video, you can see these are short range surface to surface missiles pray they have a range of up to 200 miles. that is significant because remember seoul is 35 miles from the border with north korea. they are a far cry from -- if you compare them to the intercontinental ballistic missile with the 4,000-mile range the north korea tested. dressed in the last 24 hours. but this is clearly a show of force, to show that the u.s. and south korea are prepared. remember, north korea has about tens of thousands of artillery pointed toward soul, which has a population of about 10 million. that artillery is what some say is one of the reasons that the u.s., south korea, and others, are so concerned that it would be very difficult to militarily counter north korea. it's one of the reasons the north koreans have been able to get away with these missile tests for so long. this was the 11th missile test for this y

the south korean president was just here, i spoke with him. he has had some apprehensions about the deployment of thaad, because he wasn't aware of the implications. i would see this as an opportunity for him to say we're going forward with a full-scale thaad. the same should be said and encourage japan to do the same, not only to employ land-base systems in japan, but i would talk about japan having a cruise missile capability. so i think we can do things on a defensive basis that will make life much tougher for the north koreans if we, in fact, really imposed the sanctions that need to be imposed and say to the north korean regime, if we're going to negotiate, we're going to negotiate on a basis which you don't gain. as you have been in the past. >> thaad is a missile defense system placed in south korea, just for the viewers. but the south korean leader had opposition because it felt it might be too provocative. it's there, but the question is how long will it stay? maybe they will enhance it even more. i was thinking today how remarkable i

and south korean soldiers fired deep strike precision miss unless south korean territory water. that is in direct response to north korea's missle lawn: u.s. says north korea's launch was intercontinental ballistics missle. secretary of state rex tillerson says it is a newest lacing of the threat to the u.s. the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting this afternoon to discuss the escalating tensions, in that region. >>> well, president trump travels to poland today where he is set to deliver what the white house is calling a major speech, visit comes ahead of the g20 summit in germany where mr. trump is expected to meet face-to-face for the first time with russian president putin. correspondent hanna daniels has the latest. >> reporter: preparations are underway in poland's capitol this morning ahead of the president trump's arrival later today. the president is set to deliver a major address to the polish people from the square, the epicenter of the 1944 wars au up rise ago begins occupation. mr. trump witt meal with poland's president looking for reassurance that

this morning the south korean and u.s. military's conducted their own counter drill in which they fired much smaller missiles. these were precision guided missiles designed to decapitate the north korean leadership. this is the kind of thing which does raise the ante and is a clear signal aimed at the top leadership of the north korean regime. these were missile tests and the missiles landed in the city. -- in the sea. genie: the un security council is holding an emergency session on this later today. can anything be done to resolve this from a diplomatic point of view? >> this crisis has been underway. it's a long simmering crisis since 2006. embarked on its missile programs. difficult to see a diplomatic solution. north korea has prepared to sacrifice its relationship with china difficult which is not hat the strikes. there will be a great deal of dramatic -- diplomatic to and throwing. with vladimirt putin and the chinese leader doesn't seem like it any diplomatic resolution to this that leads us into a dangerous situat

announcer: the president of south korea and vice president pence laid wreaths at the korean war veterans memorial during his visit. the event marks the 67th anniversary of the start of the war. >> we will now have the presentation of colors. ♪ >> please salute the colors while the u.s. and south korean anthems are being played. ♪ [speaking in korean] in will layident jae- a memorial wreath. now the vice president of the united states, mike pence, will lay a wreath. commas stevens, the waresentative of korean --erans, will lay a wreath thomas stevens, the representative of the korean war veterans, will lay a wreath. now we will show our respect t y calling the names. australia, belgium, canada, ethiopia,denmark, india, italy,, luxembourg, netherlands, new , the philippines thailand, turkey , and the united kingdom. we will now have a moment of silence in honor of the fallen soldiers. ♪ ["taps"] in korean]g -- thiscommemorates concludes the korean war memorial ceremony. thank you. ♪ announcer: south korea's president also spoke for the center of strategic and international studies

the south korean city of busan. i asked him how much of a game changer this missile test is. the american estimates of how powerful a weapon this is seen to be getting higher and higher. you know, a couple of hours ago people were saying such a missile could only reach alaska then they were saying it could reach seattle and now they're saying it could reach san francisco so it's very worrying indeed from an american perspective. does north korea has the technology needed to miniaturising nuclear warhead and to protect a missile as it re—entered the earth's atmosphere? i'm not a technical person, i'm trying to figure out how gunpowder works, but i've had the impression from the last 15 years that the americans have constantly been wrong in saying the north koreans aren't able to do this or aren't able to do that. the north koreans have consistently outperformed american expectations andi outperformed american expectations and i think it would be very dangerous for anybody in washington now to sit back and say they

-south korean test. kim jong-un obviously celebrating what he is seeing is a major, major change in the dynamic here. let's bring in the panel. tim farley, daniel helper, michael needham, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, read between the lines. secretary tillerson's statement and the actions u.s. is taking. >> i think the juxtaposition of the two clips illustrates the issue and the reason why the tillerson statement comes out ineffective. putin is talking about using this crisis as a way to detach the united states from south korea. in other words, china and russia together want to see an end to the u.s.-south korean alliance. they want to use the issue as a kind of exchange in order to do that. we see this and we should see this as a direct threat to the security of the united states. it is an icbm that can hit u.s. territory and that would be catastrophic. we have completely different understandings of what the threat is and tillerson's statement simply says it's not a u.s. problem. i

south korean companies sell cars in america, american companies should have that same exact privilege on a reciprocal basis. and i'm sure we'll be able to work that out. in addition i have called on south korea to stop enabling the export of dumped steel. these would be important steps forward in our trading relationship. very important steps. they have to be made. not fair to the american worker. if they are not. and they will be. our teams are going to get to work on these issues. and they're going to sign a deal that's great for south korea and great for the united states. mr. president, i'm thrilled that you are here today and deeply honored that you choose to go to the united states as your first foreign trip as president. i greatly enjoyed our dinner last night and the many productive discussions that we've already started having today. i look forward to working with you for many years to come, to strengthen our alliance, protect our citizens from common threats, and deepen the enduring bonds of friendships between americans and the great people of south korea. thank you very mu

brian myers is professor of north korean studies at dongseo university, in the south korean city of busan. it does seem clear this was an intercontinental ballistic missile. still not clear if this is a game changer quite how much technology and how threatening it is. that's right. although the american estimates of how powerful weapon this is seen to be getting higher and higher. a couple of hours ago people were saying such a missile could only reach alaska, then they said it could reach seattle and now they say it could reach san francisco. how do you read it? do you think north korea has the technology needed to demilitarised zone nuclear warhead and protect a missile as it re—entered the earth's atmosphere? i'm not a technical person. i am trying to figure out how an powder works. but i have the impression that the americans have co nsta ntly impression that the americans have constantly been wrong in saying that the north koreans aren't able to do this or aren't able to do that. the north koreans have consistently outperformed american expectations andi outperformed american expec

they have conducted a joint drill with the south koreans. ballistic missile drill, took place at a base outside south korea. if you look at the video, you can see these are short range surface to surface missiles pray they have a range of up to 200 miles. that is significant because remember seoul is 35 miles from the border with north korea. they are a far cry from -- if you compare them to the intercontinental ballistic missile with the 4,000-mile range the north korea tested. dressed in the last 24 hours. but this is clearly a show of force, to show that the u.s. and south korea are prepared. remember, north korea has about tens of thousands of artillery pointed toward soul, which has a population of about 10 million. that artillery is what some say is one of the reasons that the u.s., south korea, and others, are so concerned that it would be very difficult to militarily counter north korea. it's one of the reasons the north koreans have been able to get away with these missile tests for so long. this was the 11th missile test for this y

we have major exercises every year with south korea, ones the north koreans object to. of course they object to it and let because it suggests we are not wavering and those commitments. again, we never signed a peace treaty here. it was an armistice signed in 1953. it has kept the piece, not perfectly at all times, but there i has been no major resumption of warfare. south korea has gone from being a backward and underdeveloped country with a gross to mr. product of less than $100 to the 12th biggest economy in the world. by contrast, the south korean economy compared to the north is 35 times 240 times the size of the north, so the north having double down on all its bets on nuclear weapons and missiles is paying a terrible, terrible price for it, but the goal there has always been protection of the dynasty, the protection of the regime, and that is their highest priority. that is a choice they made. what we need to do in that context is everything we can to under no they are illusions whatsoever about what would happen in the event they were to again initiate force. ho

but where does that leave the south koreans? >> reporter: well, hannah, we've had a reaction from the south korean president, moon jae-in. he is in germany at this point, meeting with angela merkel early on. he said he was calling for stronger sanctions. he was calling for more international pressure on north korea, which is a bit of a departure from where he started just a few months ago. he has always been pro engagement, pro dialogue with north korea. but now after this icbm launch, he is moving closer to the u.s. line and pushing for more sanctions. we also heard from the defense minister as well, saying yesterday he was concerns this coupled with the icbm once fully working in north korea. since then that means they have that capability to be able to hit mainland united states with a nuclear-tipped icbm. this is what is the stated goal of north korea. we also heard from the defense minister he thinks the sixth nuclear test may not be too far away. hannah? >> and we know that the u.s. wants china to do more to clamp down on

and south korean soldiers responded by firing deep-strike precision missiles into the south korean territorial waters. this comes as the u.s. military confirms that north korea did in fact launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that has the potential to reach alaska. and as abc's military analyst explains, it could possibly reach even further east. >> they didn't want to overfly japan or russia. the missile itself reached an apex of almost 1700 miles. which means it could have reached anchorage and wouldn't have been far from reaching seattle. the u.s. has been developing a ground-based interceptor system incoming north korean missiles, but it's very complex science. it's like hitting a bullet with a bullet and although the most recent test was successful, the system itself is barely over 50% reliable. >> thank you very much steven. >>> we turn now to the extreme heat wave in the western u.s. and its effect. >> there are at least 30 wildfires burning. with no significant rainfall expected until next week. nearly a quarter of a million acres have been consumed and new wildfires are likely

we had a comment from the south korean president moon. he's warned north korea ton cross the bridge of no return. bear in mind, this is a pro-engagement, pro-dialogue support. he supports talking to north korea. now he's saying if north korea crosses the red line, south korea and the u.s. don't know what our response would be. we don't have an official indication of what that red line is. certainly a potential icbm, if it turns out that it was that, is significant. dave? >> live in seoul. thank you. >>> the latest provocation from north korea coming ahead of president trump's second overseas trip. he departs for europe tomorrow for the g-20 summit. the president's meeting with vladimir putin may no longer be the main attraction. cnn's nic robertson live from abu dhabi for us. meetings between the president and several asian leaders now very much under the microscope. >> reporter: absolutely. president trump already planned to have a trilateral meeting with the south koreans and the japanese on the margins of the g-20ment sharper focus now

south korean stocks are surging higher and we will be watching the south korean stocks today, rallying when we have these developments from the north. we would take a look at how gold is doing, up 0.5%. oil holding at $47. iron ore is a little bit weaker. we are looking closer at iron ore. a recent rally saw in advance of 20% into a bull market after falling it to bear territory. seeing extreme volatility for the next couple of years. joining us now is a mining analyst. -- given that we are seeing the industrial side of chinese activity holding up well , does that road better for iron ore prices -- does that bode better for iron ore prices? guest: more importantly, the real story is what the rest of the world is doing, and the rest of the world is firing that it has not done for a decade. the pmi data indicates what is happening globally and that is that we are seeing a convergence of activity, synchronized steel,y, particularly in which is a great barometer of activity. this is a pmi that it is just not china and china has been a story for the decade and now it is the rest of the worl

-south korean test. kim jong-un obviously celebrating what he is seeingfos a major, major change in the dynamic here. let's bring in the panel. tim farley, daniel halper, michael needham, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, read between the lines. secretary tillerson's statement and the actions u.s. is taking. >> i think the juxtaposition of the two clips illustrates the issue and the reason why the tillerson statement comes out ineffective. putin is talking about using this crisis as a way to detach the united states from south korea. in other words, china and russia together want to see an end to the u.s.-south korean alliance. they want to use the issue as a kind of exchange in order to dor that. we see this and we should see this as a direct threat to the security of the united states. it is an icbm that can hit u.s. territory and that would be catastrophic. we have completely different understandings of what the threat is and tillerson's statement simply says it's not a u.s. problem.

south korean gency meeting of south korea's national security council in the wake of the launch. we will have much more on this story, including reaction from the white house.. a little later on. good morning washington. i'm adrianna hopkins.. larry is off today. toss to eileen - hot & humid 4th - storms later today; will they affect the fireworks? - unsettled the next few days; daily storm chances - next big change comes this weekend; lower humidity today: partly sunny. hot and humid. pm thunderstorms possible 2-8pm. highs: 88-92 winds: se 5 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. warm and muggy. patchy fog. lows: 68-74 wednesday: mostly storms. highs: 81-85 winds: ese 5 mph coverin if you're using mass transit to get around this fourth of july-- then listen up becuase you will need to plan ahead. the good news is that off-peak fares will be in effect all day, and there is also no track work scheduled. metro officials say trains will run every 12 minutes on each line until about 6 p.m. gradually ramping up to near rush-hour service levels thereafter. the yellow line will operate between hun

korean or american-backed south korean influence on that peninsula. there are about 28,000 u.s. troops there already. the chinese don't want a war, but they don't want ka partnership lash from north korea either. >> you're right. i think we can -- the chinese would love to see the problem go away, but it's not going to go away and one of the reasons we're in the situation we are now is because both we and the chinese have ignored this problem for decades. now, as time goes on, it becomes more and more untractable. i think one of the things we ought to be looking at to take a tip is to spend a little bit more time working on sanctions on chinese banks, chinese entities, and indeed the entities and banks of other enablers, including india, pakist pakistan, the philippines, who are making it easy for north korea to carry on despite the sanctions. >> we know -- we don't have a ton of intelligence about what goes on inside north korea, but we know that most of north korea's foreign reserves, most of north korea's trade, they depend on china for most of wha

the south korean and u.s. military estimates the missile traveled more than 580 miles in 37 minutes. based on this, experts calculate the missile could have a maximum range of roughly 4,160 miles, long enough to reach all of alaska but not the rest of the u.s. >> you have to remember the missile technology has been around for a long time so there are no particular secrets. >> reporter: the new launch comes as north korea also continues to pursue the development of a nuclear warhead. >> they're buying nuclear warheads with interballistic technologies by kim jong-un is a recipe for disaster. i know there is some debate, but we must be prepared to fight tonight. i must take him at his word. i must assume that his claims are true. >> reporter: top officials from the state department, the pentagon and the white house held meetings throughout the july 4th holiday. administration officials emphasizing diplomacy, but with tensions rising, everything is on the table. >> i think everyone agrees, and i believe the trump

how much common ground is there and the administration new south korean administration? the south koreans are talking about talking and diplomacy and the trump administration is ratcheting up the rhetoric. >> that's right, i think there is a fair amount of common ground on paper. president moon and president trump are very concerned with the north korean behavior and continuing provocation. we heard them both speak about addressing that in different ways. president trump is really intensifying his message to the sort of byns, extension to the chinese, who he will also see next week. really getting a lot more aggressive about his approach to dealing with north korea. it's not clear where president moon is on that. he is the things that disappointed with on that is the degree to which china has been willing to intervene to put its leverage on north korea to change its behavior. in the absence of that is not clear he's going to get that. where alleally clear of this rhetoric goes. he's talking there he cap about aboutts -- very tough patients running out. whether it is mili

"the era of patience is over": president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul: iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his hometown of rosario. hello, and welcome to bbc news. hong kong is marking the 20th anniversary of the territory's the chinese flag was raised in a ceremony in the city's golden bauhinia square. and within the past couple of hours china's president xijinping has inaugurated the newly—elected hong kong chief executive, carrie lam, and her cabinet. she's the first woman to hold the territory's top post. our correspondentjuliana liu is in hong and kong earlier she told me more about the incoming chief executive. she will be the first female chief executive of hong kong and the fourth person since 1997. she was a popular career civil servant. but five years ago, when she started serving as d

. >> please salute the colors while both the south korean and u.s. national anthems are played. ♪ ♪ >> right shoulder arms. >> now president moon will lay a memorial wreath. >> now the vice president of the united states, mike pence, will lay a wreath. >> thomas stevens, the representative of the korean war museum, will lay a wreath. >> now we will show cover -- our respect to the u.s. forces by calling the nations of names. they are australia, belgium, canada, colombia, denmark, ethiopia, france, greece, india, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, new zealand, norway, the philippines, south africa, sweden, thailand, turkey, and the united kingdom. >> we will now have a moment of silence in honor of the fallen soldiers. ♪ >> right shoulder arms. >> this concludes the 67 --67th commemorative korean war memorial ceremony. we appreciate the distinguished guests for participating in this event. thank you. >> president trump's traveling overseas with meetings with several foreign leaders. his first stop is in warsaw for the summit. there he is scheduled

more from barbara starr. >> reporter: president trump's first meeting with south korean newly elected moon came with a message for north korean leader kim jong-un. >> the era of strategic patience with the north korean regime has failed. many year, and it's failed. and, frankly, that patience is over. >> reporter: but now what? how does the trump administration intend to stop north korea's rapidly accelerating effort to build a missile and a nuclear warhead that could hit the united states. >> we're working closely with south korea and japan, as well as partners around the world, on a range of. >>matic security and economic measures to protect our allies and our own citizens from this menace known as north korea. >> reporter: the u.s. military remains on alert. watching for any hint of a missile launch or even another underground nuclear test. trump initially leaned on china to help stop north korea's weapons testing. >> the relationship developed by president xi and myself i think is outstanding. >> reporter: pressuring chinese president xi to use his influence with kim, but that app

the news is not much of a surprise to the south koreans. the president met with the trump administration in washington just last month, and may walk away with a message that the us felt that the free trade agreement is not a great deal. south korea is a major us economic partner, more than $141; billion of goods and services was traded between the two countries last year. in 2012, the obama administration said the fda would boost its businesses, but exports have declined almost 3% since the deal went in effect, and at the same time imports from south korean companies have increased by about 23%. the us trade minister said yesterday he wants to have talks with the moon administration within 30 days, however that might be a problem for the south koreans. president moon is yet to appoint the top trade post and it may not be filled in time. thank you, let's stay in the region. let's stay in the region now where some asian shares scaled two—year highs and on thursday. they took their cue from wall street which posted record peaks. that followe

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and south korean forces fire precision missiles into south korean borders as they show solidarity but kim jong-un is urging scientists to send, quote, gift packages to the yankees. is the dear leader underestimating the power of the u.s. here? >> yes, he is. and to counter, that i would start marshalls ships into the western pacific initially around okinawa and the sea of japan and the yellow sea, so in about a year from now, we have over 100+ u.s. navy ships, 5 carrier battle groups out there. we have a whole b-2 bomber force, whole force of stealth bombers, and all the capabilities in japan and guam and south korea. we improve the thad capability, president moon must stop holding out for environmental consideration and reinforce the thad and the ships will be gd 3's and sm missiles that shoot down the north korean missiles and let them know we mean business if these things do not come to fruition, we put theater nuclear force back in south korea. initially, u.s. air force aircraft with u.s. air force pilots and then in europe, south korean pilots with u.s. weapons and hold the keys

president trump and his south korean counterpart call for a tough and united response to the security threat posed by north korea. the battle for mosul — iraq says it will recapture the city from so—called islamic state in a few days, but the fighting remains fierce. and argentinian football star lionel messi marries his childhood sweetheart in a lavish ceremony in his home town. the chinese president xijinping has said his government will not tolerate any challenge to its sovereignty in hong kong. speaking at a ceremony to swear in a new local government on the 20th anniversary of the return of the former british colony to chinese rule, president xi said the handover had ended a humiliating chapter in his country's history. to mark the anniversary, the chinese flag was raised in a ceremony in the city's golden bauhinia square. the newly elected hong kong chief executive, carrie lam, is the first woman to hold the territory's top post. our correspondentjuliana liu is in hong kong. she told me more about the incoming chief executive. she will be the first woman chief executive of h

military from the south korean side of the demilitarized zone. i'm standing here in south korea, along the 38th parallel. just beyond that river is the north korean village. you see north korean soldiers, if you're looking through the binoculars, like the south korean troops stationed here. there hasn't been a ballistic missile test as some had anticipated after seeing heavy machinery rolling into a north korean launch site. yesterday north korea did test a component that could be used in a submarine launched ballistic missile, and a possible reason we haven't seen a missile in the air today might have to do with the weather. it's raining over the launch site. there's a chance for rain tomorrow. it's something that everybody's watching closely, given that the u.s. analysts now believe north korea will have a reliable intercontinental ballistic missile that could potentially deliver a nuclear warlead to the mainland -- warhead to the mainland u.s. by 2018. sooner than anyone would have predicted six months or a year ago. meanwhile, north korea put

and south korea are bound by the mutual defense treaty which says in the event of war south korean troops have to fight alongside the united states and the united states still has wartime operational control so u.s. commanders would command south korea and true. in the event of war so strengthening the us are ok alliance is actually a very hostile policy towards north korea they rehearse regime collapse scenarios routinely they fly nuclear bombers. over the korean peninsula they train special operations teams that are ready to take out the north korean leadership so one chain has to decide is he going to strengthen the u.s. are ok alliance or move towards reconciliation peacefully with north korea i don't think you can have both things at once which is what he's talking about so i don't think that you know as long as that policy stands i don't think he will get very far off and dangerous time he only thank you so much for being with us tonight thank you coming up republicans say they want to give americans choice when it comes to health care so why don't they support single payer. krishna