watching msnbc and it is time for your morning primer. we begin with breaking news in afghanistan. at least 80 people were killed and more than 300 wounded in kabul after a massive suicide bomb exploded in a highly secured diplomatic area during rush hour this morning. the pentagon has confirmed the u.s. successfully shot down a ballistic missile in a defense test over the pacific on tuesday. it was like a bullet hitting a bullet. the test comes just two days after the latest north korean missile launch. later this morning, nasa is set to officially announce its first-ever mission to touch the sun. the probe scheduled to launch in 2018, will face soaring temperatures and extreme radiation, or about biting with million miles. sun s surface. a jet was forced to make a landing after a passenger s laptop battery caught on fire. the flight was diverted to michigan and landed without incident. and remember this story, the
woolsey says the real issue in washington is the white house leaks. a lot of things have been disclosed too much and that is the real scandal. people who have broken these tacit and formal agreements and taking classified information and turned it loose are basically traitors to the country. heather: setting back channels for communication is nothing new. the trump administration sending a stern message to north korea, if you fire a nuclear missile we can block it and the u.s. navy bolstered fleet presence in front of kim jung un. details on a difficult defense test that was mastered