president comes and goes, but i think many analysts believe a 7th test or an icbm test is in the offing. it is just a matter of when the leader chooses to do it. of course to our troops in the region. we have guam, troops in the dmz, 38,000, maybe less the last time i counted, in that area. you know, so kim jong un has a lot at stake, a big covid outbreak there and he resisted all efforts to start a dialogue. yeah, that s right, i credit the biden administration for trying. my understanding is that they made at least a does b, if not more messages to try to get a dialogue started and they have not responded to any of them,
carefully that underground nuclear test site in north korea, the north koreans have been working on that site now for the last several months. they could also be ready in the coming weeks, we are told, to have another underground nuclear test, the first since 2017. but make no mistake, the final preps, if it all comes to pass, would be for an icbm test potentially we are told, potentially while the president is in the region. kaitlan? it would be extraordinary to watch. we should note this comes, last time i checked with white house officials, they had still not gotten any response to their outrage to north korean officials. we will be watching to see what happens when president biden leaves tomorrow. barbara, thank you. sure. meanwhile, the nba says it is now joining the effort to free wnba star brittney griner who has been in russian detention since she was arrested in february. and just moments ago more votes released in the closely
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the addition to Moscow's nuclear arsenal will make foes "think twice." The US said it was properly notified of the test and did not consider it a threat.
soviet-era model. russia claims it can carry multiple nuclear warheads and has a range of more than 6,800 miles, making it potentially capable of striking the u.s. russia says the missile was launched wednesday afternoon from northern russia, traveling across the country to a test site in the far east. the pentagon says the test was not a surprise. they provided advance notice of this launch. the defense department said today that we did not deem the test a threat to the united states or its allies. reporter: but a senior u.s. defense official still said the launch was not something that would be done by a responsible nuclear power in the current tense environment. as putin s war in ukraine drags on, russia appears to be determined to proceed with its advanced weapons. the u.s. canceled the scheduled icbm test earlier this month. we re at a very tenuous point. we wanted to make sure we were
public figures, but is doing a really bang up job as in charge of intelligence. what he said last week is the more desperate putin gets, the more likely these kinds of nuclear sabre rattling, escalatory signals are going to be. this so-called well, satan as it is dubbed, icbm test, something that putin described as providing food for thought, a really chilling phrase, giving the west food for thought about what russia could do is, i think, you are absolutely right, a sign he is pretty much stuck in terms of the ground war. he might be able to he might be able to seal off this labyrinth steal plant in mariupol. he might be able to eke out a couple of very bloody gains in small towns here and there in