sense of a happy interpretation of that word, but an an amusing game here, a chess game with and certainly the united states in the seizure of british ships in the strait of hormuz, these latest ballistic missile tests, what actions they ve been doing in syria and continue to do and the ongoing threat against our allies in the region. they re playing a game here, and they re testing the limits. and, you know, it s important given that the circumstance that we re facing with iran to insure that the united states and our allies are in a strong position to be able to deal with some sort of outbreak here. and, you know, one other thing, eric, we were talking about threats. of course, regional threats and you mentioned north korea, the fact is that iran actually has nuclear submarines, and they could deploy missiles to any place there s water, essentially, let s face it. and iran has tested and has an arsenal of cruise missiles that
contenders on stage who all just saw that there is a potential for a big boost by bashing biden. shannon? thanks, peter. fox news at night will be live after the second round of democratic primary debates like the first time around. be sure to tune in to our special coverage next week tuesday and wednesday nights. we ll break it down for you. iran and north korea conducts new missile tests within hours of each other. what is the message and will it work? we have fred here from the national security council and many years as a cia analyst. good to be here. iran poses a challenge to the u.s. with the new ballistic missile tests. says analysts said the launch is another indication that tehran does not plan to yield to u.s. demands to curtail its missile program and is determined to
prepared for an attack from one contender on stage but next week there will be nine contenders who just saw a potential for a big boost. good alliteration, thank you. live in the same room after the second round of democratic primary debates. tune into special coverage next week, tuesday and wednesday. iran and north korea conducting the missile tests, firing within hours of each other. what is the message and will it work? in the national security council under donald trump and many years at the cia. let s start with iran. iran poses a challenge with new ballistic missile tests. iran does not plan to yield to us demands to curtail its
advancement of testing. i want to say in 2017 there are some 16 to 20 different ballistic missile tests, depending on how you count. and crucially, they achieved intercontinental ballistic missiles, something that couldr hit thess mainland of the unite states. it s at that point you that really saw the rhetoric from the trump administration increase. now,mi then you did see a cessation from thedi north on their stopping of their testing to some extent. testing some engines. we ve talked about this. short-range testing as well. the trumpin administration like to claim creditp for that. and theyfo may very well be rig. but we don t know for certain what motivated the change by kim jong un. now, at the same time these talks are ongoing. and richard, a crucial thing to look for in the next couple hours is how long this meeting is. president trump clearly downplaying expectations saying it will just be a couple of minutes. if this meeting goes on longer, it veers in not quite a summit but a
security adviser and his host today. right. so chris, it absolutely is a violation of the un security council resolutions that prohibit north korea from conducting any ballistic missile tests. it doesn t matter what the distance is. so you can t down play it, and you know, the president can t have it both ways. he oftentimes wants to rely on un and international pressure, maximum pressure on north korea and iran. you know, if the turns around ad belittles un security resolutions in this context, hoo he s going to have a harder time. the second thing is, yes, kim jong un is trying to get attention, he s trying to get the united states back to the negotiating table because he wants to get out from under all of the sanctions and hemen want deal that doesn t require complete elimination of his nuke weapons. we re at a diplomatic impasse and the north koreans are saying, hey, time is running out, let s get back to the negotiating table. if we are back to the