MISSILE -- SENDING IT 300
MILES BEFORE IT CRASHED INTO
THE SEA.THE U-S MILITARY
CONFIRMED IT DETECTED A
MISSILE TEST.THE LAUNCH COULD
BE AN EXTENSION OF THE
COUNTRY'S EFFORTS TO ADVANCE
ITS MISSILE TECHNOLOGIES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP -- AND THE
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUST
WRAPPING UP A NEWS CONFERENCE
IN FLORIDA.THE PRIME MINISTER
-- CALLING THE LAUNCH QUOTE-
"ABOSLUTELY INTOLERABLE."
PRESIDENT TRUMP: "THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA STANDS
BEHIND JAPAN, ITS GREAT ALLY,
100 PERCENT."SOUTH KOREA'S
GOVERNMENT SAYS THE LAUNCH
HAPPENED IN THE SAME AREA
WHERE NORTH KOREA PREVIOUSLY
FIRED A MID-RANGE MISSILE LAST