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