the first thing to go. that is always the sign you have lost perspective. cnn's ministry of truth. mark steyn, god bless you. thank you. >> thanks a lot. >> tucker: meanwhile, in the realm of real news, the fourth of july holiday's are ominous actions from the country of north korea. on tuesday, it launched its first ever icbm, a rocket they can travel more than 3,000o hit alaska. today, the u.n. ambassador nikki haley warned that military action is on the table as a result to aggression from north korea. what happens next? we have an expert on that country and a biographer of kim jong-il. we have the founder of geopolitical futures. they both join us now. first you, michael. as an expert in north korea, what is the point of this exercise. the kim regime obviously thinks it has some strategic purpose. what would that be.