U.S. Military Responds After North Korea's Latest Missile Test

IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS KCAL9
NEWS
JEFF: WELCOME BACK
VAUGHN.
I'M LEYNA WENT.
A MILITARY RESPONSE FROM THE
U.S. AFTER NORTH KOREA'S LATEST
MISSILE TEST.
JEFF: IT PROMPTED TOUGH TALK FOR
THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
ELSA: DAVE BRYAN SHOWS YOU THE
RESPONSE FROM AMERICAN AND SOUTH
KOREAN FORCES REALLY LOOKS LIKE
THIS LAUNCH MAY HAVE BEEN TIMED
TO SOCKET TO THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THE STORY IS DEVELOPING QUICKLY.
THE MISSILE LAUNCH TODAY WAS IN
FACT AN INTERCONTINENTAL
BALLISTIC MISSILE.
THROWING FUEL ON THE FIRE, KIM
JONG-UN TAUNTED THE U.S. BY
DECLARING THE LAUNCH WAS A
FOURTH OF JULY GIFT FOR THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.
IT WAS A MISSILE LAUNCH WITH A
MESSAGE.
NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR MISSILE
PROGRAM IS MOVING FASTER THAN
ANYONE IMAGINED.
I BALLISTIC MISSILE CAPABLE OF
STRIKING AT LEAST ONE AMERICAN
STATE.
IT ONLY TRAVELED ABOUT 600 MILES
BECAUSE IT WAS LAUNCHED AT A
HIGH ANGLE, RISING ABOUT
1500 MILES.
IT FLEW FOR 37 MINUTES, LONG
ENOUGH TO BE AN INTERCONTINENTAL
MISSILE AND IF IT HAD BEEN
LAUNCHED ON A STANDARD
TRAJECTORY IT COULD HAVE
TRAVELED ABOUT 4000 MILES.
THAT MEANS IT COULD REACH
ALASKA.
IN JANUARY, KIM JONG-UN BRAGGED
HIS COUNTRY WAS GETTING CLOSE TO
LAUNCHING AN ICBM,
PRESIDENT-ELECT TWEETED, IT
WON'T HAPPEN.
HE WAS WRONG.
THE TUESDAY LAUNCH TOOK AMERICAN
INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES BY
SURPRISE.
JUST A FEW HOURS LATER, THE U.S.
AND SOUTH KOREA RESPONDED BY
LAUNCHING MISSILES INTO WATERS
OFF KOREA'S EAST COAST.
A SHOW OF FORCE AND COMMITMENT
TO SOUTH KOREA.
THE MISSILES ARE CAPABLE OF
DELIVERING POWERFUL WARHEADS
INTO NORTH KOREAN TERRITORY.
DAVID WRIGHT SAYS NORTH KOREA IS
STILL A COUPLE YEARS AWAY FROM
REACHING U.S. SOIL.
I WOULD SAY A BIGGER THREAT
THAN ANYTHING NORTH KOREA HAS
LAUNCHED BEFORE, IN PART BECAUSE
IT CAN REACH ALASKA, BUT IN PART
BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE KOREANS ARE
MOVING FORWARD AT A SURPRISINGLY
RAPID PACE REALLY NOW THE
QUESTION IS, WHAT TO DO ABOUT
IT?
AFTER A SUMMIT MEETING IN
MOSCOW, RUSSIA AND CHINA
ADVOCATED A PLAN WHERE MISSILE
AND NUCLEAR TESTING WOULD BE
FROZEN AND IN RETURN THE U.S.
AND SOUTH KOREA WOULD FREEZE THE
JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES LIKE
THE FIRING OF THOSE MISSILES ON
TUESDAY.
CBS NEWS REPORTS THE PENTAGON IS
WORKING ON MILITARY SHOW OF
FORCE OPTIONS.
INCREASING TEST FIRING OF U.S.
MISSILES BASED IN SOUTH KOREA.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THE OPTIONS
DON'T INCLUDE ANY FORM OF
MILITARY STRIKE AGAINST NORTH
KOREA.
U.S.
WHO WAS INVOLVED IN PAST
NEGOTIATIONS TOLD THE CBS
EVENING NEWS HE'S NOT SURE ANY
OPTIONS WOULD ACTUALLY WORK.
THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS AND
THEY'RE ALL BAD.
THERE IS PUBLIC STATEMENTS AND
DIPLOMACY AND MILITARY STRIKE
OPTION WHICH I DON'T THINK IS
REALISTIC.
IT COULD PROVOKE A TERRIBLE WAR.
I THINK IN BETWEEN THERE MIGHT
BE SOME ADDITIONAL PRESSURES.
A NEW APPROACH TO BRING
INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, NOT JUST
THE SURROUNDING COUNTRIES.
REPORTER: THE G20 SUMMIT IS JUST
A COUPLE DAYS AWAY AND THE
DEBATE IS CERTAIN TO HEAT UP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PUSHING CHINA
TO GET TOUGH BUT THEY FEEL THEY
HAVE ALREADY DONE PLENTY TO REIN
IN NORTH KOREA, NO LONGER BUYING
COAL AND COMING BACK DIESEL
EXPORTS.
THEY BELIEVE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
DOING THE RIGHT THING BY
PRESSURING CHINA.
I THINK EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO
MAKE A DEAL, BUT WE NEED CHINA.
CHINA IS NOT STEPPING UP.
I THINK THE PRESIDENT IS RIGHT
TO JAB THEM A LITTLE BIT WITH
THESE INITIATIVES THAT STIR THE
CHINESE UP.
IF THEY REALLY WANT TO HELP,
THEY CAN DO IT.
REPORTER: THE DEBATE WILL MOVE
TO THE UNITED NATIONS AFTER THE
U.S. PUSHED FOR AN EMERGENCY
MEETING.
THAT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
NIKKI HALEY WILL PRESENT THE
CASE AGAINST NORTH KOREA.
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TENNYSON
SAID IT WILL TAKE GLOBAL ACTION
TO STOP THE GLOBAL THREAT POSED
BY NORTH KOREA.
TELLERS AND SAID THEY WOULD BE
ENACT STRONGER MEASURES AGAINST

U.S. Military Responds After North Korea's Latest Missile Test

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