MORE NEWS OUT OF NORTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA FIRED A BALLISTIC
MISSILE TODAY, WEDNESDAY MORNING, THAT'S WHAT TIME IT IS
THERE -- IT IS ALSO WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, THEY DON'T TELL YOU
THAT -- ODDLY ENOUGH THAT DEFIED DEMANDS FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
THAT THEY HOLD THEIR WEAPONS PROGRAM.
IT RAISES THE STAKES IN
WHAT COULD BECOME A NUCLEAR FUELED BATTLE ON THE KOREAN
PENINSULA.
THIS IS THE NEWS TODAY, WHICH MEANS THAT THIS, FROM WHEN
PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED THE UNITED NATIONS, WAS IT LAST
MONTH?
>>THEY ALL BLUR TOGETHER.
>>EARLIER, WHEN PRESIDENT TRUMP ADDRESSED THE UNITED NATIONS.
>>ROCKET MAN IS ON A SUICIDE MISSION FOR HIMSELF, AND FOR HIS
REGIME.
THE UNITED STATES IS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE, BUT
HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT BE NECESSARY.
>>HERE ARE THE DETAILS ON WHAT HAPPENED TODAY FROM THE NEW YORK
TIMES --
>>AGAIN, INDICATIONS WOULD BE THAT, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE,
NORTH KOREA PLOWS AHEAD AND DOES WHAT IT ONCE REGARDLESS OF
WHATEVER ANY U.S. ADMINISTRATION SAYS.
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
WILL TRY TO BLAME THIS ON OBAMA, THAT THEY LEFT THIS MESS, BUT
THE REALITY IS THAT THINGS HAVE GONE BEST FOR NORTH KOREA WHEN
WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE MOST, WE ARE ENGAGING NOW WITH THEM
LEAST, BUT THIS PROBLEM HAS EXISTED FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
SINCE THE END OF THE KOREAN POLICE ACTION.
>>THE WAY THE TIME WORKS IS IT WAS 3 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING IN
1958 -- EXCEPT THEY HAVE NUKES NOW.
IT IS WEIRD BECAUSE THEY
TOOK TWO MONTHS OFF BETWEEN WHEN THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY SHOOTING
OFF A ROCKET EVERY FEW WEEKS, IF NOT MORE OFTEN, AND FOLKS
ARE WONDERING WHY IS THAT HAPPENING.
>>LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT GRAPHIC 21 --
>>THIS HAS BEEN A PARTICULARLY
BUSY YEAR FOR NORTH KOREA
TESTING WEAPONS.
>>ONE APPROACH COULD SAY THEY WEREN'T READY WITH THIS MISSILE
YET, IT WAS DELAYED, SO THEY WANTED -- THEY COULD NOT LAUNCH
SOMETHING THAT WASN'T READY, MAYBE THEY HAD A TECHNOLOGICAL
PROBLEM OR IN THE MEANTIME THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ARE
PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT TO ASIA TO TRY TO RALLY SUPPORT, AND ENVOY
WAS SENT TO NORTH KOREA FROM CHINA, MAYBE THEY WANTED TO SEE
HOW HOT CHINA WANTED TO EXERT PRESSURE OR NOT, WHAT KINDS OF
THINGS THEY WANT TO SAY IN THEIR MEETING IN BETWEEN THEM, AND
ALSO THERE WAS THE LEVYING OF SANCTIONS FROM THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL AND INCREASE SANCTIONS, PUTTING NORTH KOREA BACK ON THE
LIST OF STATE SPONSORS OF TERROR, MAYBE THEY HAD SOME
ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES THEY NEEDED TO HANDLE.
>>
THIS IS BEEN A PARTICULARLY BUSY YEAR FOR NORTH KOREA TESTING.
>> THEY TOOK SOME TIME OFF.
THEY WEREN'T READY WITH THIS MISSILE YET, IT WAS DELAYED.
MAYBE THEY HAD A TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEM OR IN THE MEANTIME
THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OUR PRESIDENT TRUMP WENT TO
ASIA TO TRY TO RALLY SUPPORT THERE.
MAYBE THEY WANTED TO SEE JUST EXACTLY HOW HOT CHINA
WANTED TO EXERT PRESSURE OR NOT OR KINDS OF THINGS I WANTED
TO SAY IN THEIR MEETING IN BETWEEN THEN.
THEN ALSO THERE WAS THE LEVYING OF SANCTIONS IN THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL AND INCREASED SANCTIONS AND PUTTING NORTH KOREA BACK ON
THE LIST OF STATE TROOPS AND MAYBE THEY HAD SOME KIND OF
INITIATIVE ISSUES THEY NEEDED TO SEE TO KIND OF HANDLE THE
REPERCUSSIONS OF THAT CHANGING POLICY.
>>ALL THAT IS ENTIRELY POSSIBLE.
SO IS NORTH KOREA WAITING FOR THE RETURN OF DENNIS RODMAN.
MOST LIKELY IT'S THAT PYONGYANG, I KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT WELL
BECAUSE I WATCH MASH, THEY ARE OPERATING ON THEIR OWN TIMETABLE
AND IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.
IF THERE WAS A COMPELLING REASON TO SCALE BACK, IF THEY ARE
ENGAGED AND MAYBE THEY WILL.
I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT A DIFFERENT ADMINISTRATION
WOULD HAVE NORTH KOREA ENGAGED IN A MORE MEANINGFUL WAY.
BUT THEY ARE HEADING FOR THEIR 70TH ANNIVERSARY AND I
THINK THEY WANT TO SAY OUR NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS COMPLETE.
AND WE ARE READY TO BOMB.
>>AND THEY WILL DO IN THE KIND OF COMMERCIAL PROPAGANDA
THAT MIMICS A CIALIS COMMERCIAL.
LIKE YOU'RE GETTING UP THERE IN AGE, MAKE SURE YOUR HEART
IS HEALTHY ENOUGH FOR NUCLEAR ACTIVITY.
WE ARE GOING TO SEE A WEIRD PROPAGANDA VIDEO THAT WILL
KINDLY OFFSET HOW TERRIFYING IT IS THEY ARE DOING THIS.
>>YOU
THINK KIM JONG UN IS GOING TO HAVE A WEIRD PROPAGANDA VIDEO?
>> OF COURSE THEY ARE TRYING TO ESTABLISH SOME KIND OF
NUCLEAR PROGRAM.
THE PERSON THAT TOOK NORTH KOREA OFF THE LIST OF
STATE SPONSORS OF TERROR WAS GEORGE W. BUSH.
NO ONE HAS SOLVED IT.
TRUMP HAS UNDERCUT ñ YOU WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE THAT IF YOU BACK
OFF YOUR NUCLEAR PROGRAM THINGS ARE GOING TO GO A LOT BETTER FOR
YOU BUT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAS HAPPENED ANY RON, IF THEY AGREE
TO A NUCLEAR DEAL AND TRUMP HAS DONE NOTHING TO TRY TO UNDERCUT
THAT, THAT PROMISE HAS NOT BEEN DELIVERED ON AND IT IS A LOT OF
PEOPLE'S FAULT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU ARE NORTH KOREA AND
YOUR PRIORITY IS TO STAY IN POWER YOU DON'T SEE A CLEAR PATH
TOWARD STAYING IN POWER THAT INVOLVES GIVING UP YOUR
NUCLEAR ARSENAL.
>> THE COUNTRY HAS MADE STRIDES IN ITS BALLISTIC MISSILE PROGRAM
SINCE KIM JONG UN TOOK POWER.
NOW WASHINGTON HAS MAXIMUM PRESSURE AND SANCTIONS TO
STOP NORTH KOREA FROM REACHING THE STAGE WHERE THEY WILL
BE ABLE TO DELIVER A NUCLEAR WARHEAD ON ITS ICBMS.
BUT THEIR LEADER SAYS THIS COUNTRY WILL CONDUCT MORE
MISSILE TEST TO HONE ITS CAPABILITIES.
I READ THIS AND IT MAKES SENSE.
THEY WANT TO BE READY BY THE TIME THEY TURN 70.
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE GOING FOR.
IT'S NOT ABOUT WHICH ADMINISTRATION YOU GET TO BLAME.
THERE WAS A TIME IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT
DIVIDE ON BECAUSE THEY WERE AT THE BARE MINIMUM HUNDREDS
AND THOUSANDS OF CONFIDENT PROFESSIONALS.
HE IS NOT MIKE FLYNN, DAVID CLARK, SARAH HUCKABEE
SANDERS, OR MIKE HUCKABEE, OR ANY OF THE TRUMP KIDS.
HE IS NOT STEVE BANNON OR ROGER STONE.
HE IS NOT A RAVING LUNATIC WHO SHOULD HAVE NOT HAVE NO
INFLUENCE WHATSOEVER.
HE WILL GO DOWN AS THE WORST SECRETARY OF STATE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
HE HAS NO BUSINESS AT THIS JOB.
THE MERE FACT THAT WE WANT TO LIKE HIM NOW BECAUSE HE HATES
TRUMP AND TRUMP HATES HIM IS A POINT IN HIS FAVOR, BUT THE
ONLY POINT.
THE NOTION THAT THIS ADMINISTRATION SELECTED AS THE
GUY TO LEAD THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN THESE TROUBLING TIMES, THAT
THEY WOULD HIRE AN OIL EXECUTIVE TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
IS AN OUTRAGE THAT WE HAVE LET SLIP OFF THE TABLE BECAUSE
WE HAVE HAD 1000 MORE.
BUT HE HAS NO BUSINESS IN THE JOB.
THE STORY IS THAT HE DOES NOT WANT THE JOB AND WE ARE
SEEING PROFESSIONALS LEAVE THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN DROVES.
THERE IS GOING TO BE AN IMPACT FOR THAT IN THAT EVENTUALLY WE
WILL RUN OUT, OF THE NORTH KOREA EXPERTS PARTIALLY I DON'T BLAME
THEM FOR LEAVING BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE NO ONE IS LISTENING TO
ME.
MY LIFE IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT NORTH KOREA HAS DONE, WE
KNOW THEY ARE NOT BEING INVITED TO THE TABLE, AND WE KNOW
THAT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO REX TILLERSON DEVOTED TONS OF
STATE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES TO FINDING HILLARY CLINTON EMAILS.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, STOP TOUTING REX TILLERSON AS AN
ANSWER TO ANYTHING.
HE IS NOT AND IT IS AS BAD A MOVE AS TRUMP HAS MADE IN THE
FRACTIOUS DANGEROUS WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, THAT HE APPOINTED AN
OIL EXECUTIVE FROM EXXON TO RUN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE