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
the deadliest terror attacks against americans has died. abdul bassett al megrahi is the only person convicted of the 1988 bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland. al megrahi s family says the former libyan and intelligence officer passed away today at a hospital in tripoli. he was 60 years old. his death comes 2 1/2 years after his release from a scottish prison. al megrahi was let go on compassionate grounds because he had prostate cancer. he was expected to live only a few months. at the time of his 2009 release, the victims families were outraged after he received a hero s welcome in libya. 270 people died when pan am flight 103 went down just minutes after takeoff from a london airport. the plane was bound from new york and more than half of the passengers were american. joining me now from new york, burt amorman. he lost a brother in that attack. he s also a former spokesman of an organization representing the victims families. good to see you, burt. s