Fourth of july, im dara brown. Thanks for joining us. Breaking overnight, north korea launched another ballistic missile. U. S. Officials say it landed in the sea of japan but the Technology Test could be the most successful yet. And given its potential range to reach alaska, it sends another message to washington, President Trump responding on twitter saying, does this guy have anything better to do with his life . Hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. Nbcs ali arusi is in london. Good morning. This isnt the first time north korea has tested missiles on the fourth of july . Good morning, dara. Thats right. They tested a flurry of missiles in 2009 on the fourth of july and this latest test, the 11th one this year, seems to be designed to have maximum geopolitical effect. Again on the fourth of july, just after President Trump spoke with the leaders of south
[ no audio ] to washington. President trump responding on twitter saying does this guy have anything better to do with his life . Hard to believe that south korea and japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps china will put a heavy move on north korea and end this nonsense once and for all. Nbcs ali is in london this morning. Good morning, ali. This isnt the first time north korea has tested missiles on the fourth of july. Good morning, dara. Thats right. They tested a flurry of missiles in 2009 on the fourth of july and this latest test, the 11th one this year, seems to be designed to have maximum geopolitical effect. Again, on the fourth of july, just after President Trump spoke with the leaders of south korea and japan on sunday about how to deal with north korea, and ahead of the g20 summit later this week. According to u. S. Pacific command there was a landbased missile that was fired from near panghyon airfield. It flew for about 37 minutes. Japanese Officials Say the miss