Transcript for North Korea tests intercontinental ballistic missile

Something that sure to come up in some of these G-20 meetings. Is North Korea so far. We have heard from the president on Twitter. Right after we know that North Korea had tested their first Intercontinental ballistic missile he tweeted something about the leader of North Korea and not having anything better to do. But we haven't yet heard a policy we haven't yet heard a plan. And I wonder if you think that a result of these meetings the US could move closer to one. I think it's likely that they moved closer to one but there aren't many options here that are good ones that you they always talk about sanctions. And more economic pressure but there's a limit to what you can do China is a critical key in this and meetings the president she. Wolf the liver potentially some results on that the United Nations has its course going. We keep in mind president from sad before he was even president this would never happen that you never have. A testing and answered continental ballistic missile. That could Reese American soil that has now happened when you consider that a red line or not maybe it's that dotted line that he drew. See he's tried he's tried to avoid being boxed in on these options. And it does seem light came John Owen is tailoring his actions to provoke this president. Even refer to this as an independent state gift to the American people. They knew exactly what they're doing he seems to know how to get under president trump skin and getting the attention has often been part of the game. It changes the calculus on the because we're not talking about this and some kind of a hypothetical down the road if we don't do this then this happens and maybe to get nuclear weapons it's not like trying to deal with the wrong. A few years ago in a much maligned nuclear deal. We know that north Koreans have nuclear weapons we now know they have the capability of a delivery system and the assumption has to be it could reach US soil the nuclear weapon that's a game changer. And I don't think that there's any meeting of world leaders that that can happen right now in Germany or elsewhere. That's gonna that's gonna dial that back they have to confront a very real threat right now with a country. That is erratic and disciplined in not. Not not reactive to the same kind of international pressures and norms that are typical.

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